THE COSSACK SONG

Tommy Coomes - Tom Stipe

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I wouldn't want to be a Cossack headed for that Palestine Road

Thinking about what's written in the Word of God
 
About the things that he's foretold
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No, I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
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No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
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I wouldn't want to march with the comrades when they enter Israel

Headed straight into the fiery wrath of God
  
And finding no escape from, well,
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I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
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No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
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Now if I was in the Red Army, I think I'd take a permanent leave

I'd humble my heart and I'd ask the Lord
 
To take me with your church when it leaves
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'Cause I wouldn't want to be there, down Jerusalem way
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No, I wouldn't want to be there, headed for my grave
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Well it won't be long till we see it happen just like old Ezekiel said

You ought to make your home in heaven, brother
 
And skip the other place instead
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'Cause you don't want to be there, no, and neither do I
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'Cause we just want to be there for that meeting in the sky


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