he cried When the angels sang her over to the other side Sing me out Lay my burdens down Sing me out Take my body to the burying ground Sing me over
Aunt Fidelia brought the rolls With her green bean casserole The widow Smith down the street Dropped by a bowl of butter beans Plastic cups and silverware
Photographs and old forty-fives Stowed beneath a homecoming gown Pictures of me at sweet sixteen But everything?s not as it seems In my mother?s house
say Jesus loves all his children And he will welcome everyone And on that day he will say Well-done Delmus Jackson Delmus Jackson bought me Cokes Delmus Jackson told me
Brother Joseph was a simple man Collected rubbish for his building plans Alabama clay, shells from the sea Broken china plates and rosary beads Ave
I don?t know who dug this hole we?re standing in All I know is that it?s dark and deep We?ve cried out to heaven and lifted up our hands But I kind of
He used to preach the end of time was near Set your house in order before the Lord appears Be not deceived by Satan?s demonry Brethren, let the Spirit
from the clouds Some just believe, some only doubt And some proclaim they?ve got it all figured out Some keep their thoughts to themselves Afraid to come out
This side of heaven There?s not much to go on You never know Which way the wind will blow One day there?s caviar The next a soup bowl And you?re left
Waiting for the weather to break A veil of silence thick as fog Moves between us like a cloud How?d we ever get to where we are And can we find our way out
Junior will be left here all alone Oh how it worries me so Jesus sent him to us late An angel to brighten up our day Who will tell him stories and sing
your heart Would you tell the people of the greatest love of all Would you be a parson and heed the father?s call When he was a young man the Lord called out
could not believe my eyes In my tomato bed A holy image blood red Smile, God loves you I see him on the vine This just might be a sign Help me I?m confused
