Growing Up In The 1960's Week- 1965

Curtis Mayfield, People Get Ready

People get ready
There's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage
You just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels hummin'
You don't need no ticket
You just thank the lord

So, people get ready
There's a train to Jordan
Picking up passengers from coast to coast
Faith is the key, open the doors and board them
There's hope for all among those loved the most

There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner
Whom would hurt all mankind just to save his own
Have pity on those whose chances grow thinner
For there is no hiding place against the kingdom's throne

People get ready
There's a train a comin'
You don't need no baggage
Just get on board
All you need is faith
To hear the diesels hummin'
You don't need no ticket
Just thank the lord.