People steal, they cheat, they lie

For wealth and what it will buy

But don't they know on the Judgment Day

All the gold and silver will melt away

I'd rather be in a deep dark grave

And know that my poor soul was saved

Than to live in this world in a house of gold

And deny my God and doom my soul

What good is gold and silver too

If your heart's not good and true

Sinner hear me when I say

Fall down on your knees and pray

For I'd rather be in a deep dark grave

And know that my poor soul was saved

Than to live in this world in a house of gold

And deny my God and doom my soul

Than to live in this world in a house of gold

And deny my God and doom my soul