Mahalia Jackson - How I Got Over Lyrics
How I got overHow did I make it overYou know my soul look back and wonderHow did I make it overHow I made it overGoing on over all these yearsYou know my soul look back and wonderHow did I make it overTell me how we got over LordHad a mighty hard time coming on overYou know my soul look back and wonderHow did we make it overTell me how we got over LordI've been falling and rising all these yearsBut you know my soul look back and wonderHow did I make it overBut, soon as I can see JesusThe man that died for meMan that bled and sufferedAnd he hung on CalvaryAnd I want to thank him for how he brought meAnd I want to thank God for how he taught meOh thank my God how he kept meI'm gonna thank him 'cause he never left meThen I'm gonna thank God for 'ole time religionAnd I'm gonna thank God for giving me a visionOne day, I'm gonna join the heavenly choirI'm gonna sing and never get tiredAnd then I'm gonna sing somewhere 'round God alterAnd I'm gonna shout all my trouble overYou know I've gotta thank God and thank him for beingSo good to me, Lord yeahHow I made it over LordI had to cry in the midnight hour coming on overBut you know my soul look back and wonderHow did I make it overTell me how I made it over Lord God LordFalling and rising all these yearsYou know my soul look back and wonderHow did I make it overI'm gonna wear a diamond garmentIn that new JerusalemI'm gonna walk the streets of goldIt's the homeland of the soulI'm gonna view the host in whiteThey've been traveling day and nightComing up from every nationThey're on their way to the great CognationComing from the north, south, east, and westThey're on their way to a land of restAnd they're gonna join the heavenly choirYou know we're gonna sing and never get tiredAnd then we're gonna sing somewhere 'round God alterAnd then we're gonna shout all our troubles overYou know we gotta thank GodThank him for being so good to meYou know I come to thank God this eveningI come to thank him this eveningYou know all all night long God kept his angels watching over meEarly this morning, early this morningGod told his angel God said, "touch her in my name"God said, "touch her in my name"I 'rose this morning, I 'rose this morning, I 'rose this morningI feel like shouting, I feel like shouting, I feel like shoutingI feel like shouting, I feel like shouting, I feel like shoutingI feel like shouting, I just gotta thank God, I just gotta thank GodI just gotta thank God, I just gotta thank himThank God for being so good, God been good to me
