Denominations Blues Parts 1 2 by Washington Phillips Lyrics

[Part 1]

I want to tell you the natural fact
Every man don't understand the Bible alike
But that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, I tell you that's all

Well, denominations have no right to fight
They ought to just treat each other right
And that's all, I'll tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, I'll tell you that's all

The Primitive Baptists, they believe
You can't get to Heaven unless'n you wash your feet
But that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, I'll tell you that's all

The onliest Primitive that has any part
Is the one that does the washing with the pure in heart
And that's all, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I'll tell you that's all
Now, the Missionary Baptists, they believe
Go under the water and not to wash his feet
And that's all, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

Now, the A.M.E. Methodists, they believe
Sprinkle the head, to not to wash the feet
And that's all, now, I'll tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

Now the A.M.E. Methodists, they believe
Sprinkle the head and not to wash the feet
And that's all, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

Now the African Methodists, they believes the same
'Cause they know denominations ain't a thing but a name
And that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

Now the Holiness People, when they came in
They said, "Boys, we can make it by livin' above sin"
But that's all, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I'll tell you that's all

Now, the Church of God has it in their mind
That they can get to Heaven without the sacrament wine
But that's all, now, I'll tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I'll tell you that's all
[Part 2]

You're fighting each other and think you're doing well
And the sinners on the outside, goin' to hell
And that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

Now the preachers is preaching and think they're doing well
And all they want is your money and you can go to hell
And that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

There's another class of preachers is high in speech
They had to go to college to learn how to preach
And that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

But you can go to the college and you can go to the school
But if you ain't got Jesus, you a educated fool
And that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

That kind of a man, he's hard to convince
A man can't preach, son, unless'n he's sinned
And that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I'll tell you that's all
When people jump from church to church
You know the conversion don't amount to much
And that's all, now, I'll tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I tell you that's all

When Jesus came in at Dividing Day
Gonna call the sheep, turn and drive the goats away
And that'll be all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I'll tell you that's all

It's right to stand together, it's wrong to stand apart
'Cause none's gonna enter but the pure in heart
And that's all, now, I tell you that's all
But you better have Jesus, now, I'll tell you that's all