He came up from the southland, Bible in his hand He came up with a rattlesnake shake kissin' babies he could fit in the palm of his hand And this hand, it was a mighty, mighty hand This hand, it was a mighty, mighty hand Don't let his mighty hand crush you (This hand was a mighty, mighty) He came up with words like fire burnin' bright in the midnight hour He came up on the back of a beauty, on a death black beauty in that midnight hour And this hour, it was a mighty, mighty power This hour it was a mighty, mighty power Don't let his mighty, mighty hand crush you (This hand was a mighty, mighty) The devil is close The devil is close behind you He came up with words of angels over rhythms from the depths of hell He came up with the world in his hands, in his mighty, mighty And this hand, it was a mighty, mighty hand This hand, it was a mighty, mighty hand Don't let his mighty hand crush you (This hand was a mighty, mighty)