Mighty Good Book - Gillian Welch

There’s a mighty good book and it tells a story

It’s a bible on a shelf

Oh you know the names and you know the stories

Have you ever read it for yourself?

It’s a mighty good book

It’s a mighty good book

Of the man who died on the way

It’s a mighty good book

It’s a mighty good book

And it’s just as true today

Oh it tells of the hill in land of Zion

Where they took a man who made no crime

While the wicked watched and the women were cryin'

And the sun refused to shine

It’s a mighty good book

It’s a mighty good book

Of the man who died on the way

It’s a mighty good book

It’s a mighty good book

And it’s just as true today

Now there’s gonna come a day when you go to glory

And you’re gonna hear the master’s call

Are you gonna wish you read the story

Of when Jesus paid it all?

It’s a mighty good book

It’s a mighty good book

Of the man who died on the way

It’s a mighty good book

It’s a mighty good book

And it’s just as true today

It’s a mighty good book

It’s a mighty good book

And it’s just as true today