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From the album The Captain and Me, China Grove was a #15 hit for Doobie Brothers in 1973.

Songwriter:
Tom Johnston


Guest Stars
David McKee
J's Journal:
When Paul is summarizing the Gospel to the Corinthians, he starts it out with this: "For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures ..." (1 Corinthians 15:3-4) Simply put, He died and rose. "Died and Rose" was actually written the year before "Didn't Just Die," even though they became great companion pieces on both "Jesus Christ Morningstar" and "Hits: The Roads." The titles flow well together, as do the lyrics, and the music. "Died and Rose" appeared on both our first live homemade cassette, "Get Your Wigs," and our first studio homemade cassette, "Parable Guy."
Stats:
Genre: Classic Rock
Length: 3:20

Died and Rose
Parody of "China Grove" by Doobie Brothers
(1 Cor. 15:3-5, 1 Thess. 4:14)

When the Son come down He was deep within the ground surrounded by a giant stone
And it's no surprise that on the Sabbath day all His pals stayed home
But things were all about to change and they never were the same
Well, we're talkin' cause He died and rose -- Lord, died and rose!
Well, their leader, Simon Peter, and John the Apostle, they took a walk to the tomb
And the Gospel came alive when they arrived and they found an empty room
But they had forgotten His claim that He'd resurface again
Well, we're talkin' 'cause He died and rose -- Lord, died and rose!
Then He came when the group met Sunday -- They'd locked the doors and shut the room
But standin' right among them was the man they called Lord
You just should have seen the look in their eyes!
But Thomas would doubt it for eight more days
Till Jesus came when he was there -- He just took one look and he believed! LEAD


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