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Something on the Inside

Representative Text

1 Something on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
Something on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
Something on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
I feel a change in my life!

2 Love on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
Love on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
Love on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
I feel a change in my life!

3 Holy Ghost on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
Holy Ghost on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
Holy Ghost on the inside,
working on the outside,
I feel a change in my life!
I feel a change in my life!

Source: One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism: an African American ecumenical hymnal #438

Adapter: C. Eugene Cooper

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Text Information

First Line: Something on the inside
Title: Something on the Inside
Adapter: C. Eugene Cooper
Source: African American Prayer and Praise Hymn, c.1900
Publication Date: 2012
Copyright: © 1987, 1988, 1991, GIA Publications, Inc.

Timeline

Instances

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Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #403

Text

One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism #438

Total Praise #564

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