Chorus:   Everybody said that anybody could do   The important things somebody should do   Everybody knows that anybody could do   All the good things that nobody did      Well the preacher came to me and said what I ought to do   If I wanted to make my religion true   He'd do it himself but he really didn't have the time   He said that the duty was mine      Repeat Chorus (x2)      Well the deacon came by and said give me a hand   If you want to be going to the promised land   Here is something that I don't have time to do   So I better give it to you      Repeat Chorus (x2)      Well I'm too busy so I tell everybody   The work's got to get done by somebody   It could be done by anybody   But nobody, nobody, nobody did