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We besluiten de vijfde meezingavond gewoonlijk met een setje gospelliederen. En dan
kunnen we natuurlijk niet om de Queen of Gospel heen: Mahalia Jackson. Zij zong veel
liederen van de hand van Thomas Andrew Dorsey (de Father of Black Gospel Music),
waaronder dit lied: I'm gonna live the life I sing about in my song.
I'm going to live the life I sing about
In my song
I'm going to stand for right, and always
Shun the wrong
If I'm in a crowd, if I'm alone
On the street or in my home
I'm going to live the life I sing about
In my song
Every day, everywhere
On that busy thoroughfare
Folks may watch me, some may spot me
Say I'm foolish, but I don't care
I can't sing one thing and then live another
Be a saint by day, and a devil undercover
I'm going to live the life I sing about
In my song
If at day, if at night
I must always walk in the light
Some mistake me, underrate me
Because I want to do what's right
I can't go to church and shout all day Sunday
Go out and get drunk, and raise hell all of
Monday
I've got to live the life I sing about
In my song
I'm going to live the life I sing about
In my song
I'm going to stand for right, and always
Shun the wrong
If I'm in a crowd, if I'm alone
On the street, in my home
I'm going to live the life I sing about
In my song, yes, in my song.