Merle Haggard - The Sermon On The Mount lyrics

A man sat on a mountainside A carpenter by trade Teaching his disciples While they knelt and prayed He blessed the poor and simple And he brought the mourners joy He came to heal the blind and lame They came not to destroy When smitten by his enemies He turned the other cheek He brought strength of God and morals To mortals who were weak He told of false prophets Who wore a sheep's disguise And he warned us not to trust him Or to listen to his lies Hey, the sermon on the mountainside Will live eternally He'll lead us to the kingdom That he promised you and me So take this straight and narrow And do good things that count Make up your mind to live by The sermon on the mount