Original Folk Song (Damascus Road)

Описание: Lyrics:
Verse
Met God on Damascus road
Took my sight and heavy load
And thus he struck me down upon my knees

I killed a man and fled
Threw him in the pickup-bed
And so my heavy foot was made of lead

On down the road I drove
On the past the Texaco
my Chevy pickup truck sputtered smoke

I thought I smelled it too
I Heard a click click boom
I dragged my body onto Damascus Road

For its wicked men like me, who’ll rest in Hell
so deep

Never to see the end of Damascus Road

(Chorus)
And I cried Lord, Lord pity me, take my
heavy load

Lord lord, mercy me, take what once was owed

Lord lord, grant me sight, on Damascus Road

(Instrumental)

Verse
Met God on Damascus Road
Three times the rooster crowed
And thus I saw a man across the street

His eyes were luminous
His figure too I guess
A cloudy veil erupted from his feet

The clouds were rushing in
Desert sands were brushing him
And so the heavens emptied all its wrath

I stopped and asked him, why
He looked me through the eyes
And as he spoke the thunder filled the skies

He said change your wicked ways, or dig your lonely grave

Never to see the end of Damascus Road

(Chorus)
And I cried Lord, Lord pity me, take my
heavy load

Lord lord, mercy me, take what once was owed

Lord lord, grant me sight, on Damascus Road

(Instrumental)

Verse

Met God on Damascus Road
Two paths from Him did flow
One went up, the other went straight down

“Life or death,” He said
“On hallowed ground you tread”
All his Judgement rains upon the damned

“You’ve killed a man,” he said
“He’s still in the pickup bed”
And I replied I’d do it all again

Met God on Damascus Road
Hellfire and brimstone
And so his judgment wrapped around my neck

You’ve carved your own gravestone, You’ll rest in Hell alone

Never to see the end of Damascus Road

(Chorus)
And I cried Lord, Lord bury me, curse my
heavy load

Lord lord, foolish me, my soul to Hell is owed

Lord lord, bury me, on Damascus Road

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