Lyrics The Statler Brothers

The Statler Brothers

The Fourth Man

Here is a story from the Good Book we know

A story 'bout a miracle that happened long ago

We hope that you'll take courage when temptation you meet

There's somebody watchin' you who's strong when you're weak

They wouldn't bend

They held onto the will of God so we are told

They wouldn't bow

They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold

They wouldn't burn

They were protected by the fourth man in the fire

They wouldn't bend, they wouldn't bow

They wouldn't burn

Now the prophet Daniel tells about three men who walked with God

Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego before the wicked king they stood

And the King commanded them bound and thrown

In the firey furnace that day

But the fire was so hot that the men were slain

That forced them on their way

Now when the three were cast in and the King rose up to witness this awful fate

He began to tremble at what he saw, and in astonished tones he spake

Did we not cast three men bound into the midst a' that fire?

For lo, I see four men unhurt, unbound and walkin' down there

There's Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego in the firey coals they trod

And the form of the fourth man that I see is like the Son of God

Did we not cast three men bound into the midst a' that fire?

For lo, I see four men unhurt, unbound and walkin' down there

There's Shadrack, Meshack and Abednego in the firey coals they trod

And the form of the fourth man that I see is like the Son of God

They wouldn't bend

They held onto the will of God so we are told

They wouldn't bow

They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold

They wouldn't burn

They were protected by the fourth man in the fire

They wouldn't bend, they wouldn't bow

They wouldn't burn

They wouldn't bend

They held onto the will of God so we are told

They wouldn't bow

They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold

They wouldn't burn

They were protected by the fourth man in the fire

They wouldn't bend, they wouldn't bow

They wouldn't burn

They wouldn't bend

They held onto the will of God so we are told

They wouldn't bow

They would not bow their knees to the idol made of gold

They wouldn't burn

They were protected by the fourth man in the fire

They wouldn't bend, they wouldn't bow

They wouldn't burn...