Jesus Is on the Main Line Songtext
von Mavis Staples

Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him what you want
Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him, tell him what you want
Jesus is on the mainline
Tell him, tell him what you want
Call him up and tell him what you want

Now he already died for your freedom
Tell him what you want
Oh, he already died for your freedom
Tell him what you want
Well, he already died for your freedom
Tell him what you want


You just call him up and tell him what you want
Yeah, if you want your justice
You oughta (tell him what you want)
Yeah (if you want your justice)
Tell him what you want
Oh, if you want your justice
Tell him what you want

Go on and call him up
Call him up and tell him what you want
Oh yeah, oh yeah

For equality tell him what you want
If you want equality
Go on and tell him what you want
Don′t you want it? Don't you want it?
If you want equality tell him what you want
You just call him up and tell him what you want
(What you want) yeah

Lord, I wanna be free, yeah
(Tell him what you want)
I just want to be free
(Lord, I want to be free)
Oh, tell him what you want
Lord, I want so bad to be free today
Tell him what you want
You just call him up (and tell him what you want)
(What you want)


Oh, Jesus is on the main line
(Tell him what you want)
He′s on the main line
(Tell him what you want)
My God, he's on the main line
Tell him what you want
You just call him in the morning
Yeah (what you want)

(Tell him what you want)
(Tell him what you want)
He's a doctor (tell him what you want)
He′s a lawyer in a court room (tell him what you want)
He′s shelter in the time of doom (tell him what you want)
He's bread when you′re hungry (tell him what you want)
All you got to do (tell him what you want)
When you're lonely (tell him what you want)
He′s a company keeper (tell him what you want)

All you got to do (tell him what you want)
Tell him, tell him, tell him what you want
(Tell him what you want)
Tell him (tell him what you want)
He will answer (tell him what you want)
He will answer, answer your prayer
(Tell him what you want)

Call him up (call him up)
Call him up (call him up)
Call him up (call him up)
Call him up (call him up)
Call him up (call him up)
In your time (call him up)
In midnight hour (call him up)
Call him up (call him up)
In a new day (call him up)
Call him up (call him up)
You can all him up (call him up)
And tell him what, what, what you want

Oh yeah, oh yeah
Yeah, yeah
Oh yeah