Sunday's On The Way - Shirley Caesar

The demons were planning on having a party one night

They had some whiskey and beer and pretzels, a little red wine, some wine

They were celebrating how they crucified Jesus on the tree

But uh Satan the snake itself was feeling ill at ease

Well, he took his crooked and dialed the phone by his head

And he called a faithful friend, the grave, to see for sure if Christ was dead

Hey grave, Satan said, tell me, did my plan fail

The grave just laughed and said, don’t worry, Jesus is dead as man

On Friday night they crucified the Lord at Calvary

But he said don’t dread, in three days I’m gonna live again, you’ll see

When problems try to bury you and make it hard to pray

It may seem like Friday night, but Sunday’s on the way

A tranquilizer and a horror flick didn’t calm Satan’s fear

So Saturday night he called up ol' grave scared of what he’d hear

Hey grave, what’s going on, grave said, man, you call me twice

Now I’ll tell you for the last time, boss, Jesus is on ice

Listen, then Satan said, remember when Lazarus was in the grave

Everything was cool then four days later Lazarus was raised

Now, this Jesus is much more trouble than anyone has ever been to me

He’s got me shook 'cause I heard him say he’ll only be dead three days

On Friday night they took the Jesus to Calvary

But he said don’t dread, in three days I’m gonna live again, you’ll see

When problems try to bury you and make it hard to pray

It may seem like Friday night, Sunday’s on the way, I’ll see you

Listen

Sunday morning Satan woke up with a jump ready to blow a fuse

He was shaking from the tips of his pointed ears down to the toes of his

pointed shoes

Hey grave, tell me, is he alive, I don’t wanna lose my neck

The grave said, your evilness, maintain your cool, man.

you’re a wreck

Now, the grave said, now cool your jets big D, my sting is still intact

You see, Jesus is dead forever, man, and he ain’t gonna never coming back

Listen, so you just mellow out and drink up or shoot up, leave me alone

And you know what, I’m gonna catch you later

Later

Oh wait, wait, wait

Oh no, oh no, oh no

Somebody’s messing with the stone

The stone was pushed away and it bounced a time or two

And an angel stepped inside and said, «I'm Gabriel, who are you?»

Now if you wonder where the Lord is at this very hour

Now, I tell you he’s alive with resurrection power

On Friday night they crucify my Jesus out on Calvary

But he said don’t dread, in three days I’m gonna live again, you’ll see

When problems try to bury you and they make it so hard for you to pray

It may seem like it’s Friday night, but Sunday, Sunday, I come and tell you

Sunday

Sunday is on the way