Carlene Carter - Little Black Train lyrics

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(Chorus)

There's a little black train a-comin',

Set your business right

There's a little black train a-comin'

And it may be here tonight

(Verse)

Go tell that ballroom lady

All dressed in the worldly pride

That death's dark train is comin'

Prepare to take a ride

God sent to Hezekiah

A message from on high

You'd better set your house in order

'For you must surely die

He turned to the wall and, weeping

We see him hear in tears

He got his business fixed all right

God spared him fifteen years

(Chorus)

There's a little black train a-comin',

Set your business right

There's a little black train a-comin'

And it may be here tonight

(Verse)

See that train with engine?

And one small baggage car

Your idle thoughts and wicked deeds

Will stop at the judgment bar

Oh, the man in darkness

Cares not for the gospel light

Till he suddenly heard the whistle blow

With the little black train in sight

(Chorus)

There's a little black train a-comin',

Set your business right

There's a little black train a-comin'

And it may be here tonight