PAPA LOVED RINGING THAT BELL
By: Johnny Williams (BMI)
Tom T. Hall (BMI)
Dixie Hall (BMI)

VERSE 1: HE'D GET UP AT DAYLIGHT ON SUNDAY
SIT DOWN AND SHINE UP HIS SHOES
HE'D SHAVE AND COMB BACK HIS THIN HAIR
PUT ON HIS BLUE SUNDAY SUIT

VERSE 2: HE'D WALK OUT THE DOOR AND START SINGING
THREE MILES UP THE ROAD MADE OF DIRT
HE WAS THE MAN WHO WOULD OPEN
THE STEVENS CREEK METHODIST CHURCH

CHORUS: LORD PAPA LOVED RINGING THAT CHURCH BELL
HE'D WAKE UP THE WHOLE TOWN THAT WAY
THE SINGERS, THE SHOUTERS, THE SAINTS AND THE DOUBTERS
ASSEMBLED TO WORSHIP AND PRAY
HE LOVED THAT SOUND FROM THE STEEPLE
A RUSTY AND WEATHERED OLD BELL
HE SAID IT'S THE MUSIC OF ANGELS
IT'S MUSIC FROM HEAVEN ITSELF

VERSE 3: FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS HE KEPT WALKING
AND SINGING AND RINGING THAT BELL
HE'D OPEN THE WINDOWS OR FIRE UP THE STOVE
AND SANG WITH THE CHOIR AS WELL

VERSE 4: NOW THAT HE'S GONE WE SURE MISS HIM
I RECALL HIM SAYING SO WELL
WHEN ALL YOU KIDS GET TO HEAVEN
I'LL BE THERE RINGING THE BELL

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