Shirley Caesar - Sunday's On The Way lyrics

The demons were planning on having a party one night They had some whiskey and beer and pretzels, a little red wine, some wine They were celebrating how they crucified Jesus on the tree But uh Satan the snake itself was feeling ill at ease Well, he took his crooked and dialed the phone by his head And he called a faithful friend, the grave, to see for sure if Christ was dead Hey grave, Satan said, tell me, did my plan fail The grave just laughed and said, don't worry, Jesus is dead as man On Friday night they crucified the Lord at Calvary But he said don't dread, in three days I'm gonna live again, you'll see When problems try to bury you and make it hard to pray It may seem like Friday night, but Sunday's on the way A tranquilizer and a horror flick didn't calm Satan's fear So Saturday night he called up ol' grave scared of what he'd hear Hey grave, what's going on, grave said, man, you call me twice Now I'll tell you for the last time, boss, Jesus is on ice Listen, then Satan said, remember when Lazarus was in the grave Everything was cool then four days later Lazarus was raised Now, this Jesus is much more trouble than anyone has ever been to me He's got me shook cause I heard him say he'll only be dead three days On Friday night they took the Jesus to Calvary But he said don't dread, in three days I'm gonna live again, you'll see When problems try to bury you and make it hard to pray It may seem like Friday night, Sunday's on the way, I'll see you Listen Sunday morning Satan woke up with a jump ready to blow a fuse He was shaking from the tips of his pointed ears down to the toes of his pointed shoes Hey grave, tell me, is he alive, I don't wanna lose my neck The grave said, your evilness, maintain your cool, man. you're a wreck Now, the grave said, now cool your jets big D, my sting is still intact You see, Jesus is dead forever, man, and he ain't gonna never coming back Listen, so you just mellow out and drink up or shoot up, leave me alone And you know what, I'm gonna catch you later Later Oh wait, wait, wait Oh no, oh no, oh no Somebody's messing with the stone The stone was pushed away and it bounced a time or two And an angel stepped inside and said, "I'm Gabriel, who are you?" Now if you wonder where the Lord is at this very hour Now, I tell you he's alive with resurrection power On Friday night they crucify my Jesus out on Calvary But he said don't dread, in three days I'm gonna live again, you'll see When problems try to bury you and they make it so hard for you to pray It may seem like it's Friday night, but Sunday, Sunday, I come and tell you Sunday Sunday is on the way