I, John

Oh well then, I, John, he saw a mighty number

(movin')

Way up in the middle of the air

Well, I, John, he saw a mighty number (movin')

Way in the middle of the air

Got to mighty move

That I, John, he saw a mighty number (movin')

Way up in the middle of the air

Well, I, John, he was a mighty number (movin')

Way in the middle of the air

Well there were

Three gates in the east

(And there were)

Three gates in the west

(Let me tell you 'bout em)

Three gates in the north

(Hallelujah there were...)

Three gates in the south

(And that makes) twelve gates to the city

All square wide

Hallelujah, got to mighty move[Chorus]

That I, John, he saw a mighty number (movin')

Way up in the middle of the air

Well, I, John, he was a mighty number (movin')

Way in the middle of the air

Well John declared that he saw a man

He held twelve bright stars in his right hand

Well his eyes flashed fire like the burning sun

Old John got scared and wanted to run

Well he wanted to run but his feet wouldn't go

Cause he felt the gospel cutting like a two-edged sword

And he heard a voice that said John, you take a look

And read what you see and then you write it in a book

He saw twelve angels in the east

(And there were) twelve angels in the west

(Hallelujah, brother)

Twelve angels in the north (well)

Twelve angels in the south

(That's a total of) forty-eight angels to the city

Four squared wide

Hallelujah, got to mighty move[Chorus]

That I, John, he saw a mighty number (movin')

Way up in the middle of the air

Well, I, John, he was a mighty number (movin')

Way in the middle of the air