Song Lyrics 

GOING OUT OF BUSINESS ©1998,John A.Poe,Jr.
v.1
It seems the wicked are winning on account of all their sinning,
And a Christian lives with scorn and ridicule.
But we are sure, in the end, they’ll get the wages of sin;
You get what you pay for, is the rule.

(chorus)
It seems the devil is ahead, in this land of living dead,
And there’s a party going on all over hell.
I hear the devil celebrating and the demons agitating,
Everything is cheaper, if you get it from the reaper,
Looks like evil might prevail, but I can surely tell
It’s just his going-out-of-business sale.

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v.2
It’s easier to fight, than to turn the other cheek,
It’s easier to argue than let people think you’re weak;
It’s easier to go along than swim against the tide,
It’s easier to walk when the way is soft and wide.
It’s easier to forget about the man from Galilee,
It’s easier to forget how He died for you and me;
It’s easier to buy what the devil has to sell,
But it’s also very easy to just coast on down to hell.

(chorus)
It seems the devil is ahead, in this land of living dead,
And there’s a party going on all over hell.
I hear the devil celebrating and the demons agitating,
Everything is cheaper, if you get it from the reaper,
Looks like evil might prevail, but I can tell
It’s just his going-out-of-business sale.

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v.3
There’s people drinking, stinking, hitting, spitting,
Beating, cheating, killing, stealing, trying to get ahead of all the rest;
And folks are smoking, choking, shooting, looting,
Hating, mating, playing, straying, stalling, falling, failing every test.
They go cavorting, snorting, slugging, drugging,
Wining, dining, prancing, dancing, trying to find some meaning in it all;
But they will soon be fretting, and crying and regretting,
Relenting and repenting, kneeling and appealing, trying to avoid the final fall.

(chorus)
It seems the devil is ahead, in this land of living dead,
And there’s a party going on all over hell.
I hear the devil celebratin’ and the demons agitatin’,
Everything is cheaper, if you get it from the reaper,
Looks like evil might prevail, but I can tell
It’s just his going-out-of-business sale.

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