From the recording The Best of Five Years (mp3 Version)
GET UP IN JESUS NAME
Words and Music by: Mike Curtis and Marty Raybon
Lyrics
GET UP IN JESUS NAME
Words and Music by: Mike Curtis and Marty Raybon
CHORUS:
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
THE LORD IS CALLING DAILY TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED
DON’T GO DOWN DEFEATED WHILE VICTORY’S HERE TO CLAIM
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
VERSE 1:
AT THE GATE CALLED BEAUTIFUL, THERE LAID OUT IN THE STREET
WAS A POOR AND LOWLY BEGGAR, WHO WAS CRIPPLED IN HIS FEET
AS JOHN AND PETER PASSED HIM, THEY SAW HIS NEED WAS BAD
THEY HAD NO GOLD OR SILVER, BUT THEY GAVE HIM WHAT THEY HAD
CHORUS
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
THE LORD IS CALLING DAILY TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED
DON’T GO DOWN DEFEATED WHILE VICTORY’S HERE TO CLAIM
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
(TURN AROUND)
OoooooH OoooooH
Get Up, Get Up, Get Up In Jesus Name
VERSE 2
IN THE DAY IN WHICH WE LIVE IN, THERE’S EVIL EVERYWHERE
THE BODY SEEMS DISCOURAGED AND OVERCOME WITH FEAR
WELL, GOD IS NEEDING SOLDIERS, TO GET OUT OF THE PEWS
AND TAKE A HOLD OF THE POWER THAT JOHN AND PETER USED
CHORUS
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
THE LORD IS CALLING DAILY TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED
DON’T GO DOWN DEFEATED WHILE VICTORY’S HERE TO CLAIM
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
CHORUS
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
THE LORD IS CALLING DAILY TO THOSE WHO WOULD BE SAVED
DON’T GO DOWN DEFEATED WHILE VICTORY’S HERE TO CLAIM
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP IN JESUS’ NAME
FALSE TAG:
GET UP, GET UP, GET UP
CHORUS
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GET UP, GET UP, GET UP
IN JESUS NAME