Clip of the Month: Jesus Make My Dying Bed

Zepplin stole remixed this great song for their version, "In My Time of Dying." Why this, this month?  'Dunno.  I was just feeling it.  The way death is confronted as real in the blues (&;gospel) really moves me.  When I listen to this, Jesus is more meaningful to me, more than just the biggest strongman in the sky.  
For me,  Delta Blues > Texas Blues.  Lyrics follow





Lyrics:
Since me and Jesus got: married
Haven't been a minute apart
With the receiver in my hand
And re-ligion in my heart.

I can ring 'im up easy
Ahhhhhh
Oh well
Ring 'im up easy
Go make up my

Mmmmm
Weeping that he ain't: lost
They despised the Amen
Hanging on the Cross

Hanging there in misery
Ahhhhhhh
Oh well
Hanging there in misery
Go make up my
Mmmmmmmm
Mmmmmm mmmmm
Jesus gon' make up my

They despised the: Amen
Made poor Martha moan
Jesus said to his de-ciples
Come and carry my mother along

Dying will be easy
Ahhhhhhhh
Dying will be easy
Dying will be easy
Jesus gon make up my

I'm dead and: buried
Somebody said that I was lost
When it get down to Jordan
Have to bear my body across
Done gone over
Ahhhhhhhhh
Oh well
Done gone over
Make up my...

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