EXC– USES!

 Excuses, excuses… you hear them everyday.

Now, the devil, he’ll supply them if, from church, you’ll stay away.

When people come to worship God, the devil always loses;

So, to keep those folks away from church, he offers them excuses:

 

In the summer, it’s too hot. In the winter, it’s too cold.

In the springtime when the weather’s just right, find some place else to go —

Well, it’s up to the mountains, or down to the beach, or to visit some old friend.

Or, just stay home and kinda relax, and hope some of the kinfolks start dropping in.

 

Well, those church benches, they’re too hard, and that song leader’s way too loud.

Well, you know how nervous you get when you’re sitting in a great big crowd.

Well, the doctor told you: “You’d better watch those crowds; they’ll set you back.”

But you go to that old ball game because you say it helps you to relax.

 

Well, a headache Sunday morning and a backache Sunday night…

But, by work time Monday morning, you’re feeling quite alright.

Well, one of the children has a cold. Pneumonia, do you suppose?

Why the whole family had to stay home just to blow that poor kid’s nose!

 

Excuses, excuses… you hear them everyday.

Now, the devil, he’ll supply them if, from church, you’ll stay away.

When people come to worship God, the devil always loses;

So, to keep those folks away from church, he offers them excuses:

 

Well, the preacher, he’s too young; or, maybe he’s too old.

His sermons, they’re not hard enough; or, maybe they’re too bold.

His voice is much too quiet-like; sometimes, he gets too loud.

He needs to have more dignity; or else, he’s way too proud.

 

His sermons, they’re too long; or, maybe they’re too short.

He needs to preach the word with dignity instead of stomp and snort.

Why, that preacher we’ve got must be the world’s most stuck-up man.

Why, one of the ladies told me the other day: “Why, he didn’t even shake my hand!”

 

Excuses, excuses… you hear them everyday.

Now, the devil, he’ll supply them if, from church, you’ll stay away.

When people come to worship God, the devil always loses;

So, to keep those folks away from church, he offers them excuses!