Jim O'Rourke - The Good Ship Omega lyrics

Well I hear the last ship's leaving mighty soon The Omega is her name She will rescue poor sailors who have floundered here so long And she'll bear them o'er the raging main Til the leaves fairly burst with joyful strain Because the last one comes home to praise His name Burn each old house down with your merciful flame Won't you burn out all the sin and pain Til ever cornerstone sings the glad refrain To see new Canaan arise from what remains Now I hear the last call sounding in the wind And it touched my faithless brow Like the cool balm of Gilead that can heal the sickest soul He can ransom those already sold He will buy back the chains and make us whole Until the last ship is safely in the fold Light each deception so we'll see what went wrong Kindly lead us, we've been gone so long To the bosom of Abraham and on To see a new Earth and Heaven finally dawn When the final rapture's ringing in our ears And the scales fall from our eyes What a blessed reunion when each fool will wear a crown Let His promise to the last resound Til every doubting eye sees the lost get found Upon the good ship Omega, Alpha bound Upon the good ship Omeha, Alpha bound