God Came Through Bellville, Georgia

(Tom T. Hall)



I'll tell you all the story that I think you'll understand

Travelin' through Georgia ramblin' cross the land

I passed the Bellville depot and something said to me

Stop here son there's something you should see.



I stopped awhile and rested on the depot steps

The tall pines waved and in the breeze the air was clear and fresh

That Georgia winter sunshine was a warming up my back

And I saw a train coming down the track.



God came through Bellville, Georgia

He was ridin' on the noonday train

All power to Him and praise His Holy Name

He never got off of the train, he never got off of the train.



I've never had a day like that since I have been alive

My body full of feeling there was vision in my eyes

I've traveled this world over just to meet that certain train

And I know my life will never be the same.



Well, I don't know where he's going but I know he likes to ride

Across the hills and valleys thru the prairies thru the skies

And I know the time is coming if the world don't ever change

Everybody's gotta meet that train.



God came through Bellville, Georgia

He was ridin' on the noonday train

All power to Him and praise His Holy Name

He never got off of the train, he never got off of the train.



He never does, He never got off of the train

He never got off of that train...