The Snake The Cross The Crown - Behold the River lyrics

Well if both of these horses just a lay up and die He thinks to himself as he stares into the sun His companion's been bleedin' and is weepin' to himself Thinking oh my sweet sue I won't be a comin' home now As them train tracks keep runnin' up that ever gentle slope Margaret Anne hangs her head And just keeps wondering what's good Her companions been bleedin' and is weepin' to himself Thinking oh my sweet sue I won't be a comin' home now That day that the rain came and just rose the flag of war Mother Jones lays in bed, his children lyin' on the floor And she got by, standin' in the churchyard singing hallelujah Sweepin' out the bats from the bells of her voice Who is she? I am the river and I will take you to the see And we got by Floating, in the water singing, hallelujah Waiting, on the lord To bring us back home You left us too soon And I, I know what you'll do Someone knocks in the back at the door Oh, Why'd you come? Were you lookin' for more? Don't speak Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war Don't stay Someone knocks in the back at the door Oh, Why'd you come? Were you lookin' for more? Don't speak Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor Oh, it got lost in the sound of the war Don't leave And, oh, you left us too soon Now there's two men ridin' up Both wonderin' who is he One says sir, I've observed you ridin' up behind'a me Now them children hear em headed up around the bend Crying, Ma, best come on, here come our fathers back to bed