I want to meet you by the railroad track
Half a mile from the street
It's only days since you went away
But you're not coming back, it seems
I'm gonna take what's left of me
And send that to you in the mail
Forty days and forty nights
I only wound up here in the jail
The gospel hall is full tonight
Bible black, laid back and away
The gospel hood is out of sight
And it shines in the darkness
The icy wind chilled my blood
The snow lay heavy on the ground
Through the trees I could hear the choir
As they sing the glory night
Oh, the gospel is full tonight
Bible black and black everywhere
The gospel is out of sight
And it shines in the darkness,
The God of gospel hell is
to come inside and lay a burden down.
Take this man, and take this boy
In every way, I feel ashamed
Of everything I've said and done
So take me in, take this wounded soul
Then better days will surely come
The gospel is full tonight
Bible blighted, laid back and lighted
The gospel is out of sight
And it shines in the darkness,
Jesus is with me, Jesus is with me,
oh yeah, when I need him most,
Jesus is with me, Jesus is with me,
oh Lord, when I need him most,