[Verse 1]
             
  1983  is whe

     
n things start

ed to make sen

se
             
  got a colour

              
 tv just like 

    
our grandparen

ts did
             
  and we strug

              
gled to believ

              
e that the gen

     
eral-lee-wasn'

t-red
       
it was orange 

instead

[Verse 2]
             
 at sunday sch

              
ool we'd line 

              
our winter boo

          
ts by the heat

 vent
             
 talk about je

              
sus christ and

         
 all the thing

s that he said
    
if you're a le

per or a begga

r or a thief
              
then you're co

        
ol with me the

n

[Chorus 1]
        
and go tell it

 on the mounta

in
   
go tell it to 

the deepest se

a
          
go tell it in 

              
the 20 cities 

   
  the 20 citie

s in galilea

[Post-chorus]
             
everybody's ar

              
med with walkm

              
ans and batter


ies
             
she's gotta be

              
 the cutest la

              
psed-catholic 

         
you ever seen
             
playing fur el

            
ise like it's 

              
the first time

             
 it's-ever-bee

         
n played prope

rly

[Verse 3]
             
 and you hated

              
 that vic 20  

       
but it was all

 your folks co

uld afford
             
 but you still

              
 evangelized  

    
the commodore 

64
             
 we were both 

              
so innocent  t

    
hey hadn't got

ten to us yet
    
to see if they

 could get ins

ide us  and re

arrange our li

ttle heads

[Verse 4]
             
 i could sense

              
 mathias roost

   
   would be so

meone i could 

believe
             
 to spill the 

              
beans about wh

          
at really happ

ens on christm

as eve
             
 all the dads 

              
are drinking w

              
aiting for the

 
 in laws to re

treat

[Chorus 2]
        
and go tell it

 on the mounta

in
     
go tell it to 

the deepest se

a
    
go tell it to 

your union lea

der
      
at the risk of

 sounding bour

geoisie

[Post-chorus]
             
this year ever

              
ybody's gettin

    
g a pass
             
for getting dr

              
unk and slappi

      
ng an ass
             
that isn't the

              
irs to want or

 
 theirs to giv

e away

[Bridge]
             
so we'll blame

            
 our ruin on y


ou
             
we're gonna bl

             
ame our ruin o

  
n you
             
we're gonna bl

             
ame our ruin o

  
n you
             
we're gonna bl

             
ame our ruin o

  
n you

[Chorus 3]
   
go tell it on 

the mountain
    
go tell it to 

the deepest se

a
    
go tell it to 

your wife and 

children
    
and every livi

ng divorcee'

[Chorus 4]
   
go tell it on 

the mountain
    
go tell it to 

the deepest se

a
    
go tell them t

hat you think 

you heard it
     
on a show on t

he cbc

[Chorus 5]
   
go tell it to 

the mountain
    
go tell it to 

the deepest se

a
       
and go tell it

 to every moth

er
       
or you can coo

l it with the 

3rd degree

[Post-chorus]
             
we're just hap

              
py sewing sequ

         
ins to a glove

 getting ready

 just to bounc

e back from
             
  all the mist

     
akes that we m

ade
    
and how we squ

andered
             
everything we 

 
ever meant to 

keep