I Met Her In Church

The Box Tops

Compositor: Dan Penn / Spooner Oldham

I met her in churchthe
box topsi met her in church,
i met her in churchon
a sunday morningshe
looked at me with eyes aglowas the choir sang hallelujahhallelujahi
met her in church,
i met her in churchwe
fell in love on a sunday morningthen all
at once i heard angels singingsinging
hallejulahsinging hallelujah, hallelujahsaturday
night turned into sunday lighti
found love on a back row seatin
a little church just down the streetmet her in church,
had a wedding in churchchurch,
had the wedding in churchthe lord willing
and the creek don't risewe're gonna be happy the rest of our livesi met her in church, i met her in churchhallejulahi met her in church, i met her in churchhallejulahi met her in church, i met her in churchhallejulah...fade