Gospel Daddy

Words and music: Alvah Allen
Performed by: Alvah Allen and Ward Morford

Lyrics:

Singin’ ‘cause I kiss alright
you got to know it, baby,
almost every night
I say now come to me
I’m your gospel daddy

I’ll stay on your scene
you got to know it
like a skinny, white Al Green
singin’ come to me
I’m your gospel daddy

Well, I remember your little
Eastern ploy
I remember when you left me
for the Krishna boy
You said, “He ain’t much
to look at, but, he sure can cook”
You were servin’ hummus
at the plaza babe
you sure got took.

But I said, “Oh well,
it’s a crying shame”
I said, “Oh well, must be
some Shiva thang
some Shiva thang

Singin’ ‘cause I kiss alright
you got to know it, baby,
almost every night
I say now come to me
I’m your gospel daddy

‘Cause it’s an ecumenical attraction
you remind me
of the young Mahalia Jackson
singin’ come to me
I’m your gospel daddy

In the morning,
in the morning time
In the ev’nin’
In the ev’nin’ sublime

Well, sometimes there’s nuthin’
between you and me
but a list of existential ambiguities
and I never believed in anything
and I didn’t plan on startin’
this morning
but then I woke up
with you by my side
and then I called in
I called in satisfied
so satisfied

Singin’ ‘cause I kiss alright
you got to know it, baby,
almost every night
I say now come to me
I’m your gospel daddy

I’ll stay on your scene
you got to know it
like a skinny, white Al Green
singin’ come to me
I’m your gospel daddy

In the morning,
in the morning time
In the ev’nin’
In the ev’nin’ sublime