I was looking for love, but no, for wrong places
And when you look at the odds, I should have already been dead
In the streets up in Oakland, writing lyrics by the ocean
Ha, doors are opening wide right now
If you represent the king, bow down
Almighty Jehovah
Always making waves out of no way
Almighty Jehovah
Jehovah Jireh, if you're gonna maintain
If you're gonna maintain
Ooh, my
Ooh, my

Oil's low, gotta pull into the station
Restore the joy of my salvation
And you can't take it away
This is my edification
You can't take it away
And this joy I have on the inside
You can't take it away
You can't take it away
You can't take it or kill it
This version is the realest, realest, realest
You can't take it away
And it took a little while, but I'm finally on it
On it, on it, on it
You can't take it away
And if your spirit is broken
You can't take it away
I'd recommend you to the maintenance man
If your broken heart needs fixing
Call the maintenance man
A proficient technician
We won't let you down
Call the maintenance man
Now he may not call when you want him
But he's always on time
Call the maintenance man
And all that I need, his hand has provided
The maintenance man
Maintenance man
Oh, man
He is a heart fixer
Mind regulator
Beginning and the end
He's the alpha and omega
Mind regulator
The great innovator
Yeah, waiter
Check, please
Do whatever you gotta do
Lord, check me
Set me free
You know the lowdown
Down, down, down, down, down
You know the lowdown
You lift me up now
Lift me up off the ground
Keep it bouncing here
Cast the first stone
Lean down, lean down, lean down
Started writing something in the sand
Like, which one of y'all really want it with me?
Got the names and the numbers
So please try it with me, try it with me
Can't take it away
And it's welling up from my inside
Can't take it away
This joy that I have
You can't kill it, kill it, kill it
Can't take it away
It took a little while
But I'm finally on it now
Can't take it away
And if your heart has been broken
Man, I recommend to you the maintenance man
Let me introduce you to the maintenance man
To the maintenance man
To the maintenance man
Let me introduce you to the maintenance man



Yeah
Yeah
Let me introduce you to the maintenance man
Let me introduce you to the maintenance man
Yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Let me introduce you to the maintenance man





If anyone can do it, he can, yeah.
He's able to put you back together again.
He's able to do it again.
He's the maintenance man.
Yes, he is.
Yes, he is.