“Kingdom Hall” by Van Morrison appears on his 1978 album, Wavelength.
Morrison’s mother exposed him to a variety of religions when he was young. The problem is, there’s no dancing in the aisles or choirs singing at a Kingdom Hall. The lyrics do describe a Pentecostal or Charismatic meeting though....
[Verse 1]
So glad to see you
So glad you're here
Come here beside me now
We can clear inhibition away
All inhibitions
Throw them away
And when we dance like this
We will dance like we've never before
[Chorus]
Oh, they were swingin'
Down at Kingdom Hall
Oh, bells were ringin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
And a choir was singin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
They went
Hey, liley, liley, liley
Hey, liley, liley, low
Do do do do do do, do (Do do do do do do, do)
Do do do do do do (Do do do do do do)
Do do do do do do, do (Do do do do do do, do)
Do do do do do do (Do do do do do do)
[Verse 2]
Good body music
Brings you right here
Free flowin' motion now
When were shakin' it out on the floor
Good rockin' music
Down in your shoes
And when we dance like this
Like we've never been dancin' before
[Chorus]
Oh, they were swingin'
Down at Kingdom Hall
Oh yeah, bells were ringin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
Choir was singin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
They went
Hey, liley, liley, liley
Hey, liley, liley, low
Do do do do do do, do (Do do do do do do, do)
Do do do do do do (Do do do do do do)
Do do do do do do, do (Do do do do do do, do)
Do do do do do do, alright
[Yamaha Synthesizer Solo]
[Chorus]
Oh, they were swingin'
Down at Kingdom Hall now
Oh yeah, bells were ringin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
I heard the choir, choir was singin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
They went
Hey, liley, liley, liley
Hey, liley, liley, low
Do do do do do do, do (Do do do do do do, do)
Do do do do do do (Do do do do do do)
Do do do do do do, do (Do do do do do do, do)
Do do do do do do, alright
Oh, they were swingin'
Down at Kingdom Hall now
Yeah, bells were ringin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
Yeah, a choir was singin'
Down at the Kingdom Hall
They all went
Hey, liley, liley, liley
Hey, liley, liley, low
[Outro]
Hey, liley, liley
Hey, liley, low, low, low
Down at the Kingdom Hall
Bells were ringin' out
And a choir was singin' (Hey, liley, liley)
And the choir was singin' (Hey, liley, low)
Hey, liley, liley (Hey, liley, liley)
Hey, liley, low, liley, low, liley, low (Hey, liley, low)
(Hey, liley, liley)
Sugar was cooking (Hey, liley, low)
Sugar was cooking (Hey, liley, liley)
Did you see Sugar (Hey, liley, low)
Down at the Kingdom Hall (Hey, liley, liley)
They were havin' a party (Hey, liley, low)
They were havin' a ball (Hey, liley, liley)
And the people were dancin' (Hey, liley, low)
Down at the Kingdom Hall (Hey, liley, liley)
Sugar was tough (Hey, liley, low)
Sugar was tough, man (Hey, liley, liley)
Sugar was tough
Kingdom Hall was written by Van Morrison.
Kingdom Hall was produced by Van Morrison.
Van Morrison released Kingdom Hall on Fri Sep 01 1978.