Song of Job

[Intro]
Hear now the tale of Job
A righteous man who had a lovin' wife
And ten sons and seven daughters
His fields were always ripe with wheat and corn
He had ten thousand camels and five thousand sheep
And three thousand head of oxen
At sunrise you would find him on his knees
Singing, "Yahweh Jehova"
One day in the Court of Heaven
All the Heavenly hosts were gathered there
In the presence of the Lord
And Satan was there among them

[Verse 1]
Satan went to God, and God said, "Satan, where you been?"
Satan said, "I been on earth among men"
Well, God said, "You must have seen my faithful servant, Job
You must have seen his worth
And how he's evil's foe"
Job is evil's foe, yes, he is

[Verse 2]
Satan said, "Well, yes God, Job is your man
But if You struck him, God, well, what would he do then?
He'd turn his back on You and curse Your name right to Your face"
God said, "Alright, Bub
Go and test his faith
Go and try Job's faith"

[Verse 3]
"O my God, O my God," cried poor Job
"I have lost everything I owned
I lost my cattle, I lost my land
You took my children, too
I'm losin' my mind and the love of my wife
But I keep my faith in You
I still have faith in You"

[Interlude]

[Verse 4]
"O my God, O my God, can't you hear Job"?
He's singin', "This world can no more be my home
My so-called friends speak biting words
Telling me what to do
My health is gone, I cannot rest
But I keep my faith in You
I still have faith in You"

[Interlude]
And Job's friends, they called to one another
"Brothers, Righteous Job has fallen
Come, let us go and give him what we can"

[Instrumental Break]

[Interlude]
Long, long they journeyed until they found Job
In the ashes of his burned-out farm
And they sat down with him for seven days and nights in silence
For they saw that he had suffered greatly
But at last they could hold back no longer
And with accusing fingers pointed at him said
They said, "Oh, Job, what evil have you done to bring God's wrath upon you"?
And at this time, down the road comes Elihu
Who took one look and thought he had the whole scene covered, yah!

[Verse 5]
That young man lectured Job until Job's poor heart near broke
And from the whirlin' wind God Himself spoke
Sayin', "Who are these who claim to know my workings and all my ways?
Job has proved his faith and shall live joyous days"
Yes, Job lived joyful days, oh, yes, he did