Lord, my sweet Lord My sweet Lord, my Lord My good Lord, wonderful Lord I really wanna see You I really wanna be with You I really wanna see Your love But it takes so long, my Lord My sweet Lord, sweet sweet Lord Glorious Lord, oh my Lord Lord, I'd like to take a little time out of my song To ask You to send down a special prayer For some of these politicians we have Because Lord, they have the world in such an uproar But I don't have to tell You, You know all about it And Lord, send a special prayer For some of these lawmakers we have, Lord Because some of them don't even know what justice is And Lord, I wanna ask You to send a special prayer For all of my brothers and my sisters Lord, let us learn to love one another and live together And I wanna ask You one more thing, Lord, before I go I wanna, I wanna say, Lord I really wanna know You I really wanna go with You I really wanna know Your love But it takes so long, my Lord My good Lord, sweet sweet Lord Won't You answer my prayer? Oh, good Lord Don't You know we need You, Lord Right down here on earth To give us new birth Won't You answer my prayer?