Sackcloth

O the sky grey orange
An the walls stained blue
An i laid right down on the golden satin with you
Into sween dark circles of beautiful eyes


I go round
O lord
I go round


Will you tell me once again
Cream white skin
You are my friend
I seen you walkin' and your white hips sway
O girl i will have you no more


To the moan in your voice
Not a charm do you lack
Your skin to touch as a black ravens back
But i cannot go far with these words as they rhyme
As to tell, of the pleasure, your hand in mine


An i pray as i say this song in this way
That your eyes they would close an your head begin to sway
An you'll feel how he heals with his blood on our skin
I am yours lady scrawled an thin


Will you tell me once again
Cream white skin
You are my friend
I seen you walkin' in your husband's way
Girl i will have you more

Ain't none ever seen the face of his foe no
He ain't made of flesh & bone
He's the one who sits up close beside you
An when he's there you are alone


Every man is evil yes an every man is a liar
An unashamed with the wicked tongues sing
In the black soul choir


Yes an no man ever seen the face of my lord no
Not since he left his skin
He's the one you keep cold on the outside girl
He's at your door let him in


O i will forgive your wrongs
Yes i am abel
An for my own i feel great shame
I would offer up a brick to the back of your head boy
If i were cain

Come to my house an we'll pick bones
There hands outside ready with stones
Come to my yard
I got whiskey an chirs
We'll sit on the porch
As the good men stare


You ain't never spoke true
I shake an angry fist at you
You are not needed here
To help me feel low down
I'm doin' it fine all on my own


I her you cryin' from cradle to coffin
An for you there'll be no stoppin'
I see you lyin' in a pine box with bitter words
That's how the boy talks

I'm diggin' you a shallow grave
An to the sun your face i'll raise
I'm diggin' you a shallow grave
One hundred buzzards buzzin'


I seen death hangin' from the tallest tree
Eyes closed no lookin' back at me
Ye they came an took him in the night
The one who kissed em was greed


O everyone will see
An everyone will know
Boy you reap what you sow


I'm diggin' you a shallow grave
An on your rotten bones i'll raise
Yellow daisies
For my true loves hair
One hundred buzzards buzzin'


I see death runnin' from his majesty
O lord where is the fear in me
In between your praying hands
You hold the skeleton key

I seen ya in your red room laughin'
With your shinin' coffee can
So many wrongs all kinds a goins on
Held my head an ran


But i hid and did a bit more lookin'
Saw ya dancin' on the pine porch creakin'
Mouth open an doors down wide
Here's what was inside
I seen what i saw
An these things i do are wrong, that's all
An these tales i tales i tell are tall


Then i climbed up on the big horse strapin'
Put the spur down to blood
He took off 16 horses strong
Left me lyin' in mud
An there i sit until the sun's up shinin'
Yes an black stands my ride
Twenty hands high
An watchin' spookeyed
My hands on his side

The strong man he will kneel down
Whalst angels strip him of cloak and crown
Through bitter lips come vile breath
He is the last one to confess


There will be no pity for him
We must kill him where he stands
No there will be no mercy for him
Nor for any of his klan


Let there be no hesitation
Get a rope an make it quick
Each last breath come from his mouth
I will beat it out with a stick


Pray boy you've no reservations
The word will be carried out
He is the one who brought down the son
Let there be no doubt


There is power wonder workin' power
In the blood of the lamb
There is power wonder workin' power
In the precious blood of the lamb


He's seated on the right hand

I can sense it all around me
There's somethin' in this room
It ain't magic nor no witchcraft
No bitch on no broom


Look see his bones are gone
He done left the grave
The grip of death it could not hold him down no
It's for him that i rave


My knees was made for kneelin'
An that's just what they'll do
One of these days little girl
I'll go down an pray for you


Look see his bones are gone
He's done all my dyin'
Sometimes hope's so strong in me girl
I commence to cryin'


O my brothers
These are the great dust bowl days
Just take a gander round ya
Everything in a wicked haze


"the wind blows like the devil when it blows
An a boy grows up an like the wind he goes"