They tried their best to drag Him out
Of a courthouse down in Montgomery
And now they wanna kick Him out of school
And take Him off our money
They can take those words off of paper and stone
But He ain't gone, no

He ain't the leavin' kind
He'd never walk away
Even from those who don't believe
And wanna leave Him behind
He ain't the leavin' kind

She stayed mad at Him for a lot of years
For takin' Her husband
Started losin' Her faith and thinkin' that, her life meant nothin'
But when she looks at those kids she raised all by herself
She knows she had some help, yeah, she knows

He ain't the leavin' kind
He'd never walk away
Even from those who don't believe
And wanna leave Him behind
He ain't the leavin' kind

No matter what you do
No matter where you go
He's always right there
With you

Even from those who don't believe
And wanna leave Him behind
He ain't the leavin' kind
No, no

(He ain't the leavin', He ain't the leavin' kind)
He ain't the leavin' (He ain't the leavin')
He ain't the leavin' kind (He ain't the leavin' kind)
Ooh-ooh
(He ain't the leavin', He ain't the leavin' kind)
He ain't the leavin' kind


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    mnsdq. the "words" are the words on the dollar bills and the stones of the ten commandments sculpture. To take those words off paper and stone would be to take him off the dollar and the sculpture

    but yeah

    good song

    Johnde08on May 14, 2006   Link

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