I Been Redeemed Lyrics

1974. The year I found God. And lost him.
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb
and filled with the Holy Ghost I am
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb
Let it be known that I was fairly young and the indoctrination was very strong. It was in my homeroom class every day where I heard about livin' in torment if I didn't walk with Jesus.
Old Satan's mad, but I'm so glad
Old Satan's mad, but I'm so glad
Old Satan's mad, but I'm so glad
'cause he lost another soul that he thought he had
Old Satan's mad, but I'm so glad
It was a public school, with the science teacher - hardly the right place, but who was to tell? Would you go home and tell your atheist parents, and risk the wrath of God?
Jesus loves you, Jesus loves me
Jesus loves you, Jesus loves me
Jesus loves you, Jesus loves me
and I know that he loves everybody
Jesus loves you, Jesus loves me
So I started going to Pioneer Girls in my little blue uniform, which I've since lost, and to Christian Fellowship, and I started to see movies starring Pat Boone at the church in the evening. I don't even remember what church it was, or what faith, but I do remember the time I fell at the altar, weeping on my knees, somebody's mother hovering crouching beside me, asking me if I really ready to accept Christ into my heart. "Yes! Yes!" I cried, I wept. "Yes!"
Won't you make him your saviour too.
Won't you make him your saviour too.
Won't you make him your saviour too,
Eternal life he'll give to you
Won't you make him your saviour too.
And then later in the car, my hot-from-crying face against the window, shutting out the conversation around me, I thought about what I'd said .....and I already doubted it. So intangible, so surreal.
Lettin' Christ into my heart? I didn't even know the man.
And then summer came, and the fervor died, and the following year I fell in love with the red-haired boy two rows over, and that was much less painful.
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb
and filled with the Holy Ghost I am
I been redeemed by the blood of the lamb