EVERYBODY GATHERED WHERE THE RIVER RUNS WIDER

AT THE EDGE OF TOWN

TO SEE IF THAT EDDIE LEE VAUGHN BAPTISM

WAS REALLY GONNA GO DOWN

FOLKS BET HARD EARNED MONEY

THAT WATER WOULDN'T CHANGE A THING

THEY SET THE ODDS AT A HUNDRED TO ONE

HIS SOUL WOULDN'T NEVER COME CLEAN 

THEN THE PREACHER SAID

PEOPLE TAKE A MOMENT OR TWO

THERE SOMETHING WE NEED TO DO

PRAY FOR THE FISH 

THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING

WHEN THE SIN STARTS ROLLING OFF THE LIKES OF HIM

LORD BE WITH EM, THEY AIN'T DONE NOTHIN'

PLEASE WONT YOU LEAVE THEM JUST A LITTLE BIT ‘A ROOM TO SWIM 

PRAY FOR THE FISH



WELL THE PREACHER DUCKED EM UNDER

THAT clear cool WATER

THEN HE DID IT AGAIN

EDDIE CAME UP YELLING

LORD IN HEAVEN HALLEAUH!

I'M A BRAND NEW MAN

WELL THE WATER GOT TO BUBBLING

SKY GOT TO RUMBLING

AND THE THUNDER BACKED UP THE CHOIR

THE FISH STARTED JUMPIN'

IT WAS LIKE THEY WAS SWIMMIN'

IN A LAKE OF FIRE 

THEN EDDIE'S MOMMA STEPPED OUT OF THE CROWD

AND STARTED YELLING OUT LOUD

PRAY FOR THE FISH

THEY WON'T KNOW WHAT'S COMING

WHEN THE SIN STARTS ROLLING

OFF THE LIKES OF HIM

LORD BE WITH' EM

THEY AIN'T DONE NOTHING

PLEASE WONT YOU LEAVE ‘EM

JUST A LITTLE BIT ‘A ROOM TO SWIM 

PRAY FOR THE FISH



HE SAID EVERYBODY CROSS YOUR FINGERS

FOLD YOUR HANDS

PRAY FOR OLE' EDDIE

BUT BEFORE WE SAY AMEN 

PRAY FOR THE FISH



LORD BE WITH ‘EM

THEY AINT DONE NOTHIN'

PLEASE WONT YOU LEAVE ‘EM

JUST A LITTLE BIT ‘A ROOM TO SWIM 

PRAY FOR THE FISH

LORD PRAY FOR THE FISH