Kirk McDonald - Funeral: There Is A Fountain / It Don't Make Sense lyrics

[MOURNERS] There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel's veins And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains Lose all their guilty stains Lose all their guilty stains And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains [CRAIG, spoken] The simple white coffin was carried by three of Mary's cousins and three of her young friends. Several more friends volunteered to serve as pallbearers, but they were deemed too small to shoulder the burden. Recent heavy rains made the North Georgia red clay soil glow, as Mary Phagan, just two months shy of fourteen, was laid to her final rest. [MOURNERS] The dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day, And there may I, though vile as he, Wash all my sins away [FRANKIE, to himself] God forgive me what I think. God forgive me what I wish right now. (spoken) [CRAIG] You must've known Mary pretty well. [FRANKIE] Yessir, I did. [CRAIG] This must be a mighty hard day for you. (sung) [FRANKIE] Did you ever hear her laugh? When she laughed, you swore you'd never cry again. Did you ever see her smile? Her smile was like a gla** of lemonade. And she said funny things, And she wore pretty dresses, And she liked to see the pictures at the VFW Hall, And she loved ridin' swings, And she liked cotton candy, But I think she liked the pictures best of all... No, it don't make sense to me That she won't be around No, it don't make sense to me To put her in the cold and lonely ground And no, it don't make sense The way the world can let you fall— I swear it don't make sense to me at all [MOURNERS] Dear dying lamb, Thy precious blood Shall never lose it's pow'r… [CHILDREN] She had two crooked teeth… She had cuts on her fingers... She worked next to me last summer … Once a week, we used to play… And she knew how to read… She would smile at the foreman… [ALL CHILDREN] …And I can't believe they took my friend away. [MOURNERS & CHILDREN] No, it don't make sense to me That she will not be there. No, it don't make sense to me. [FRANKIE] When she laughed, you swore you'd never cry again. [MRS. PHAGAN] She loved when I tied ribbons in her hair. [ALL] And no, it don't make sense, The way the sun can still burn down No, it don't make sense to me... [FRANKIE] God forgive me what I think. [CRAIG, spoken] Tell me, son, got any idea who it was? [FRANKIE] God forgive me what I wish right now I don't know the coward's name I don't know the ba*tard's face But I swear right now to God: He ain't never gonna git away with what he done to Mary! Let him quiver in his boots! Let him run until he bleeds! I won't rest until I know He's burning in the ragin' fires of Hell forevermore! [MOURNERS] There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Immanuel's veins... [FRANKIE] God forgive me what I think [MOURNERS] And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains [FRANKIE] God forgive me what I wish right now...