If You Ain’t Gonna Sing the Gospel

Lyrics

Well, you can live for the lights On the stage, my friend Play your music while everyone's high Dazzle the fans With your fantastic hands Leave 'em screamin' when you say goodbye But the song in the night When you're all alone That's the one you just can't refuse If you ain't gonna sing the gospel You're gonna sing the blues Now, you can paint with your words You can sing like a bird And maybe try to convince yourself Or you can outright lie Just to get yourself by With your cold dead soul on the shelf But if the song comes from some place That's real, my friend You know there's only two ways to choose If you ain't gonna sing the gospel You're gonna sing the blues Said, if you ain't gonna sing the gospel You're gonna sing the blues No matter what rhythm No matter what rhyme you choose It might feel good up front, my friend But in the end, you'll lose If you ain't gonna sing the gospel You're gonna sing the blues But if you'll grab ahold of salvation And stop all of that foolin' around Let the Lord Jesus show you What you've been missin' Put your feet down on a rock solid ground Then you'll find out the truth That you've searched for so long Well, it's a whole lot of good, good news You'll be so busy singin' the victory You won't have time for the blues But if you ain't gonna sing the gospel You're gonna sing the blues No matter what rhythm No matter what rhyme you choose It might feel good up front, my friend But in the end, you'll lose If you ain't gonna sing the gospel You're gonna sing the blues