I know there is a fountain, a Jesus, a comforter,

A heaven, a Jerusalem, a day of Pentecost,

Salvation for the wishin', blood for sin's remission,

A covenant, a promise for souls that are lost.

But I can't get religion, the salvation feelin',

The vision of the Lamb, forgiveness and healin'.

I have a sort of numbness

When I see the mourners kneelin'.

I have a kind of dumbness

When the preacher is appealin'.