Granddaddy got the Spirit underneath a brush arbor tent
Said the preacher man was hollering till the candle wax was spent
He came home a different fellow with a fire inside his bones
And that fire has kept on burning down through children and through grown
Give me that old-time religion, like my granddaddy knew
Give me that old-time fire, Lord, make my soul brand new
Old-time religion fire, oh, it's good enough for me
Old-time religion fire, set my granddaddy free
Same yesterday and forever, same God who tore the chains
Old-time religion fire, hallelujah, still the same
Grandma joined him at the altar with her bonnet and her shawl
Heard the Holy Ghost a-moving, heard her dear Redeemer call
Now their bones are resting easy 'neath the willow on the rise
But their faith lives on within me, burning bright before my eyes
Pass it down to all the children, pass it down through every age
Same old fire that lit the fathers, lights my soul upon this stage
Old-time religion fire, oh, it's good enough for me
Old-time religion fire, set my granddaddy free
Same yesterday and forever, same God who tore the chains
Old-time religion fire, hallelujah, still the same
Oh, I feel it, oh, I feel it, like my granddaddy felt before
Oh, I feel it, oh, I feel it, knocking at my old heart's door
Burn me clean and burn me holy, burn me with that ancient flame
Old-time religion fire, glorify my Jesus' name
