If I Can Help Somebody - Mahalia Jackson

If I can help somebody, as I pass along

If I can cheer somebody, with a word or song

If I can show somebody, that he’s travelling wrong

Then my living shall not be in vain

My living shall not be in vain

Then my living shall not be in vain

If I can help somebody, as I pass along

Then my living shall not be in vain

If I can do my duty, as a good man ought

If I can bring back beauty, to a world up wrought

If I can spread love’s message, as the Master taught

Then my living shall not be in vain