God's Gonna Cut You Down (Run On For a Long Time) - Otway Ross

Otway Ross sings this traditional American folk / gospel song - recorded and covered by numerous artists including Odetta back in 1956, Elvis Presley, Moby and more recently by Johnny Cash on his posthumous released American V: A Hundred Highways.

Lyrics (a mix of all versions plus some):

"you can run on for a long time
run on for a long time
run on for a long time
sooner or later God'll cut you down
sooner or later God'll cut you down

go tell the long tongue liar
tell the midnight rider
tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down
tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down

well my goodness gracious let me tell you the news
my head's been wet by the midnight dew
I've been down on bended knee talking with the man from Galilee
he spoke to me in a voice so sweet
I thought I heard the shuffle of the angel's feet
he called my name and my heart stood still
when he said, "son go do My will!"

go tell the long tongue liar
tell the midnight rider
tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down
tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down

you can run on for a long time
run on for a long time
run on for a long time
sooner or later God'll cut you down
sooner or later God'll cut you down

you can strut around with your holy pride
try to take the speck from your neighbour's eye
but as sure as there's a God above
you'll reap just what you sow
you can throw your rock and hide your hand
working in the dark against your fellow man
but as sure as God made black and white
what's done in the dark will come to the light

you can run on for a long time
run on for a long time
run on for a long time
sooner or later God'll cut you down
sooner or later God'll cut you down

go and tell the long tongue liar
tell the midnight rider
tell the rambler, the gambler, the back biter
tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down
tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down
tell 'em that God's gonna cut them down