If you have any questions, you can contact me via email: [email protected] Intro: B A E (2X) Verse 1: B A E I was a poor boy papa when you decide you would make me wealthy B A E I had this sickness in my bones, I was sure not far from home, you make me healthy yeah yeah B A E I was rejected, dejected, incorrect, unprotected, defected from my people B A E I was contriving, cliff diving, capsizing, no freedom rising from the deep hole Chorus: B A E But You make me free, and I must sing B A E You baptize me just doin' Your thing Verse 2: B A E I had the feeling all along that there was somethin' bearing strong over my shoulder B A E And it got closer through the years, through abandonment and tears as I got older, yes it did B A E Hitchhiking through the wilderness, and bearing all my consequence I was a stranger B A E You picked me up on 66 and met me with your loving-kindness instead of anger Verse 3: B Now it’s a quarter ‘til the clock strikes, and hopefully the shock might A Hit you like a rock fight or like a butcher’s block might E Quick as lightning shock kite comes the key to lock tight The door on which he knock right now until it’s not night B A Everybody walk tight rope until their chalk white, hopes are wiped away by the wind E If the devil’s your friend you got a burden on your back, And some poison in your blood B A It’s our burden to unpack, leave it behind in the mud E Click clack goes the old smoke stack and when it leaves It ain’t never coming back, so you best be ready when the train comes steady B A It’s rollin’ heavy ‘round the bends, get on board my friend E For the land of Lord cause the levee’s gonna break, in the end
