um good

um. you've been good

if i never own a mansion

way out on a hill

if i never see riches

lord i'll serve you still

if i lose all my possessions

and my health begins to fail

i can still say you've been good

if i wake-up on tomorrow

find that all of my love-ones are gone

look around and see that my friends are few

i'll still keep holding on

if i call and there's no answer

in the mist of my despair

i can still say lord

you've been good

you've been good~ chorus

oh

yeah~ chorus

so as long as i live

i'll tell the world god is good

yeah

oh. ~ chorus

you've been real

real

real

real

real

real good to me!

~ chorus

i'm so glad to say right now ~chorus

god is

now listen

if i never visit paris

and enjoy that mid-day sun

if i never sail the seven seas oh. before my work down here is done

oh. if i never see the ruins

of that city they call ancient rome

i'm not worried

because i can still say god

i know that you've

you've been good

lord you've been good

yeah

~chorus

oh

jesus you been um. good

~chorus

oh. as long

as long

as long as i live

i'm going to tell the world god is ~chorus

yeah! you been real

real

you've been real

real

real

real good to me ~chorus

i spite of myself~ chorus

i'm so glad that i can say ~chorus

yeah

yeah

yeah

yeah!

you've been good jesus! ~chorus

lord

lord you've been real

real

good to me ~chorus

oh. and i've made up my mind

i don't care what nobody else does

i'm going to tell the world god is good. ~chorus

oh

yeah ~chorus

thank you jesus

you've been real good to me

i'm so glad to say right now without a shadow of a doubt god

you've been real

real

real

real

real

real ~chorus

yes god

i can tell the world

you are a father jesus

you are a mother jesus ~chorus

you're everything when i need it god ~chorus

you're el shaddai

elohim

yeah!

you've been real good to me jesus

i don't have to ask nobody

~chorus

you've been real good to me

~chorus

i'm glad i can say god

oh you've been good