What are the lyrics to the song excuses by the kingsman quartet?

Answer 1

Kingsmen

Through The Years With The Kingmen

Excuses

"Excuses"

By the Kingsmen Quartet

Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.

And the Devil he'll supply them, if the church you stay away.

When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses

So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.

In the summer it's too hot. And, in the winter, it's too cold.

In the spring time when the weather's just right, you find some place else to go.

Well, it's up to the mountains or down to the beach or to visit some old friend.

Or, to just stay home and kinda relax and hope that some of the kin folks will start dropping in.

Well, the church benches are too hard. And, that choir sings way too loud.

Boy, you know how nervous you get when you're sitting in a great big crowd.

The doctor told you, "Now, you better watch them crowds. They'll set you back."

But, you go to that old ball game because you say "it helps you to relax."

Well, a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night.

But by worktime Monday morning, you're feeling quite alright.

While one of the children has a cold, "Pneumonia, do you suppose?"

Why the whole family had to stay home, just to blow that poor kid's nose.

Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.

And the Devil he'll supply them if the church you stay away.

When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses

So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.

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Well, the preacher he's too young. And, maybe he's too old.

The sermons they're not hard enough. And, maybe they're too bold.

His voice is much too quiet-like. Sometimes he gets too loud.

He needs to have more dignity. Or, else he's way too proud.

Well, the sermons they're too long. And, maybe they're too short.

He ought to preach the word with dignity instead of "stomp and snort."

Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."

Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."

Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.

And the Devil he'll supply them if the church you stay away.

When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses

So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.

So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.

Encore:

Well, the sermons they're too long. And, maybe they're too short.

He ought to preach the word with dignity instead of "stomp and snort."

Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."

Well, one of the lady's told me the other day, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."

Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.

And the Devil he'll supply them if the church you stay away.

When people come to know the Lord, the Devil always loses

So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses.

So to keep them folks away from church, he offers them excuses

Answer 2

Chorus:

Excuses, more excuses, we hear them oh so much

as people try to justify why they are not in church.

If they love God, it's rather odd that they should get so nervous

as they explain, when asked again, why they missed Sunday service.

Now on Sunday morning the battery is weak and the old car just won't run

But pleasure riding on Sunday afternoon is oh, so much fun

Then you get back that afternoon too tired to go to church

But you push the old car off, buddy, in time to get to work

Some will say they overslept and the clock did not alarm

Some will explain Arthritis pain that crippled both of their arms

Some will cough, hem and haw, trying to think of a reason

But for them the real truth is: it's not church-going season

Chorus

You know a woman came to church just once and brought her baby with her

But boy when she left church that Sunday, she was really in a dither

The Pastor went to her house, her reason just to hear

She said, "I put my baby in your nursery and another one bit its ear."

Another lady came to church just once and boy, she never did return

The pastor made a call on her, her reason he might learn

Why she gave the preacher her excuse with a cold and frosty breath

"With the air conditioning in your church, I nearly froze to death."

Chorus