how i got over

aretha franklin

how i got over how i got over

how i got over how i got over

you know my soul looks back and wonder how i got over

how i got over how i got over

how i got over how i got over

oh

my soul looks back and wonder how i got over

just as soon as i see jesus oh yes

the man who made me free oh yes oh yes

it was the man who bled and suffered oh yes oh yes oh yes

you know he died for you and me oh yes

i wanna thank him

because he brought me oh yes

i wanna thank him

because he taught me oh yes oh yes

i wanna thank because he kept me oh yes oh yes oh yes

cause he left me oh yes

i gonna thank god he never left me

oh yes

i wanna sing hallelujah

i might shout this evening trouble over

i'm gonna thank jesus for all he's done for me

oh yeah

how i got over

over

my soul looks back and wonder how i got over

oh yeah

how i got over

over

my soul looks back and wonder how i got over

i wanna wear a diadem

in the new jerusalem

i wanna walk the street of gold

in the homeland of the soul

i'm going to view the host in white

who travel both day and night

coming up from every nation

on the way to the great coronation

i will sing hallelujah

trouble over

i wanna thank jesus for all he's done for me

how i got over

over

my soul looks back and wonder how i got over

how i got over

over

my soul looks back and wonder how i got over

how i got over

over

my soul looks back and wonder

soul looks back and wonder

soul looks back and wonder

soul looks back and wonder how i got over

i wanna thank you thank you

thank you thank you

thank you

thank you jesus thank you lord

thank you lord thank you

thank you jesus thank you lord

you brought me

you taught me lord

you kept me

and you never left me

thank you jesus

thank you lord

how i got over how i got over

how i got over how i got over

my soul looks back and wonder how i got over

soul looks back and wonder how i got over

over

over

soul looks back and wonder

soul looks back and wonder

soul looks back and wonder how i got over