Classic Poem

I've been in the storm so long,
You know I've been in the storm so long,
Oh Lord, give me more time to pray,
I've been in the storm so long.

I am a motherless child,
Singin' I am a motherless child,
Singin' Oh Lord, give me more time to pray,
I've been in the storm so long.

This is a needy time
Singin'…

Lord, I need you now.

Lord, I need your prayer.

Stop this wicked race.

Stop all my wicked ways…

Somebody need you now…

My neighbors need you now…

My children need you now…

Just look what a shape I'm in…

Another version
Oh, let me tell you, Mother, how I come 'long,
Oh, gimme little time to pray,
With a hung down head and a achin' heart,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.

Now when I get to Heaven I'll take my seat,
Oh, gimme little time to pray,
An-a cast my crown at my Jesus' feet,
Oh, gimme little time to pray.