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The Old Account Was Settled

The Old Account Was Settled
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Intro
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There was a time on earth, when in the book of Heav'n  
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An old account was standing for sins yet unforgiv'n;
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My name was at the top and many things below,  
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I went unto the keeper, and settled long ago.
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Long a - go(down on my knees), Long ago(I settled it all),
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Yes, the old account was settled long ago(Hallelujah!);
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And the record's clear today, for He washed my sins away,
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When the old account was settled long ago  
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The old account was large, and growing every day,  
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For I was always sinning, and never tried to pay;
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But when I looked ahead, and saw such pain and woe,  
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I said that i would settle, I settled long ago.
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Long a - go(down on my knees), Long ago(I settled it all),
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Yes, the old account was settled long ago(Hallelujah!);
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And the record's clear today, for He washed my sins away,
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When the old account was settled long ago  
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Oh sinner, trust the Lord, be cleansed of all your sin,  
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For thus He hath provided for you to enter in;
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And then if you should live a hundred years below,  
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Up there you'll not regret it, you settled long ago.
CH3
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Long a - go(down on my knees), Long ago(I settled it all),
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Yes, the old account was settled long ago(Hallelujah!);
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And the record's clear today, for He washed my sins away,
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When the old account was settled long ago
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And the records here today, for He washed my sins away,
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When the old account was settled long ago
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Long ago