Excuses Sung by The Kingsmen

EXCUSES By the KINGSMEN

Excuses, excuses, you'll hear them every day.
Now 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. In the winter, it's too cold.
In the spring time when the weather's just right, you find someplace else to go.
Well, it's up to the mountains or over to the beach or to visit some old friend.
Or, just to stay home and relax and hope some of the kin folks will drop in.

Well, a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night.
But by work time Monday morning, oh 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.

CHORUS

Well, the preacher he's too young. Maybe he's too old.
Those sermons they're not hard enough. Sometimes they get 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. Maybe they're too short.
He ought to preach the word now instead of "stomp and snort."
Well, that preacher we've got must be "the world's most stuck up man."
Well, one of the ladies told me Sunday, "Well, he didn't even shake my hand."