If I don't read my soul be lost Nobody's fault but mine Nobody's fault-a but mine Bible, taught me how to read Mother, she taught me how to read If I don't read, my soul be lost

Nobody's fault but mine Tryin' to raise my soul to light I'll raise my soul to the light Have a bible in my home Taught me how to read Bible and my soul tonight. Tryin' to raise my soul to the light Got a bible in my home Ah, nobody's fault but mine

It ain't necessarily so The things that you're liable To read in the Bible, It ain't necessarily so. To get into heaven, don't snap for a seven Live clean forget your faults But with a grain of salt Jonah he lived in a whale Ain't necessarily so