Jesus And The Atheist Song Lyrics and Chords by Eddy Arnold
Jesus And The Atheist
Recorded by Eddy Arnold
Written by Billy Austine and Happy Rhodes
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One Saturday night in a barroom
A gospel singer walked
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in
And bravely she read from the bible
And begged them to turn from their
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sins
Oh come unto Jesus she pleaded
He'll be your
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staff and your
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rod
When one of the drinkers said
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to
her
Why
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I don't believe in your
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God
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don't rightly know how you
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prove
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pack of lies that you've
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said
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there is a God up in
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heaven
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dare Him to strike me down
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dead
The
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silence that followed was
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awful
The
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others stood there in
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fear
But the
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drunkard just laughed and kept
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saying
Why
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doesn't your Jesus
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appear
Then
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one of the others who stood there
Said that's enough of that
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now
What leads you to think that Lord Jesus
Would bother with you any
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how
You're only a bum and a drunkard
And nothing
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that you can
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say
Would reach up to God in His
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heaven
And
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make Him go out of His
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way
And then came the voice of a
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stranger
Who
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stood just outside at the
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door
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stranger who said He was
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passing
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But no
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one had seen Him
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before
Oh listen to me all you people
The place lit up
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as He smiled
Our
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Lord marks the fall of a
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sparrow
And
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every man
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is His
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child
There's none so great or
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so
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That God's sweet mercy
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denies
And
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even the ones to
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denounce
Him
Will
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never be lost in His
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eyes
And
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then He lifted His
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right
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And He
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smiled upon everyone
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And the last words He
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said were like music
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know because I am His
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son
Now each who was there will remember
Those words to His
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very last
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day
When Jesus appeared in a
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barroom
And
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told of God's wonderful
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way
FAQ
Who sang the the song Jesus And The Atheist?
- The song Jesus And The Atheist was sang by Eddy Arnold.
Who is Eddy Arnold?
- Richard Edward Arnold (May 15, 1918 - May 8, 2008) was an American country music singer who performed for six decades. He was a Nashville sound (country/popular music) innovator of the late 1950s, and scored 147 songs on the Billboard country music charts, second only to George Jones. He sold more than 85 million records. A member of the Grand Ole Opry (beginning 1943) and the Country Music Hall of Fame (beginning 1966), Arnold ranked 22nd on Country Music Television's 2003 list of "The 40 Greatest Men of Country Music."
