Lyrics

[Verse 1: Cory Henry] If I can help somebody as I pass, I pass along If I can cheer somebody with a word, word or song If I can show somebody that they're travelling wrong, oh Then my living shall not be in vain [Verse 2: Donnie McClurkin] If I can do, do my duty, Lord as a good man, as a good man, Lord If I can show, show love's beauty to a world that's distraught If I can share, share love's message (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) Like the Master has taught (Ooh-ooh) Then my living shall not be in vain Then my living will not be, be in vain, oh [Refrain: Cory Henry] Living shall not be in vain (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Then my living shall not be in vain, oh My living shall not be in vain My living shall not be in vain, woah If I should help somebody (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) As I travel, as I travel along (Ooh-ooh) Then my living shall not be in vain Then my living shall not be in vain [Refrain: Donnie McClurkin] Yeah, yeah Living shall not be in vain (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Then my living, oh, oh, yeah My living shall not be in vain Then my living, not be in vain, yeah If I can help warn somebody (Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) As, as I pass a—along, oh, no (Ooh-ooh) [Bridge 1: Donnie McClurkin & Cory Henry] Then my living shall not be in vain Then my living will not be Then my living will not be in vain, oh Then my living shall not be in vain Then my living, no May the works I've done speak for me, yeah My living shall not be in vain Then my living, yeah, shall not All the days of my life, all the days of my life, my living Then my living shall not be in vain, oh My living (Will have a purpose), yes (Yeah-yeah-yeah, yes, Lord) My life will have a meaning, have a meaning, yes it will Then my living shall not be in— Then my living [Bridge 2: Donnie McClurkin & Cory Henry] Oh, Jesus It won't be in vain My living, my living will not be, will not be, no It won't be in vain Yeah, Lord, say Then my living won't be in vain Then my living No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, Lord It won't be in vain You gotta know, you gotta know There's a purpose for your life (There's a purpose for your life) It won't be in vain There's a reason, there's a reason (Reason) It won't be in vain There's a reason (Yeah), yeah Then my living won't be in vain I gotta help somebody out, yes I gotta help somebody (I gotta help somebody, yeah) It won't be in vain Now hold, on, hold on, oh (Oh) It won't be in vain Jesus knows, I gotta I gotta help somebody else (I gotta help somebody else) It won't be in vain Je—Jesus my savior (My savior) Then my living won't be in vain My life's got to help somebody Yes it does, yes it does (Yes it does, oh) It won't be in vain Somebody's in me, somebody's in me Today, today, today [Instrumental Break] [Outro: Donnie McClurkin] Oh, yeah I've gotta go, I've gotta go tell them I've gotta go, I gotta go, yeah Then my living won't be in vain Yeah (My living)