Otis Taylor - House of the Crosses lyrics

I went down To the house of the crosses I saw my momma Fall on her knees Well she told me This man's your father He k**ed two people And he raped me She took her trumpet She held it in her hand She yelled out: "He's a evil man" She said to me "I don't know how people could be, I don't know how people could be so evil", she said to me Now I work In the house of the crosses I watch that evil, that evil man every day I'm a guard In the house of the crosses I watch that man, every day Every day, I run to the river, I try to wash, Wash away my pain, Every day, I run to the river I try to wash, Wash away my pain Wash away...