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Cities of the South
(A. Kissel/B. Crouch)
There’s a staging ground at Powderhead
Planting tent posts in the loam
Spewing waves stock full w/testament
To the wilderness of Rome
Drop a twenty down for Pakistan
And a fifty for the Pope
These eyes are raising woodsheds
But my pockets packed with hope
They’s prophets riding car tops
‘cross the cities of the South
Hoisting good news like a groundswell
To the roof of every mouth
That’s dripping with indulgences
And it’s flooding every coast
There’s a famine for salvation
But hey, we’re churning out the loaves
Til we’re all took up
To watch the Fall
Til we’re all took up
To watch the Fall
There’s this pit been dug for criminals
From Georgia north to Maine
And the time is nigh for their feet to slide
Straight away to sacred pain
On a Pale Horse
Spreading pestilence on primetime and in the streams
The end is growing bigger
So to hell with holy means
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Cause old Matthew wrote about a sword
And there’re wicked men to smite
In this mix of the meek and mighty
God forbid we lose a fight
There ain’t no Gospel word been wrote
Gonna pull me from my throne
God loves enough for the both of us
So why don’t you pass an old man his stone
Gotta good mind
to sit back
count the loss
Gotta a good mind
To stand back
watch y'all burn
Gotta a good mind
To rise up
watch it pass
But don’t you worry
I’m gonna rise up
Strike it down
For all your chaff
I'll bring the fire
For those who'd lead with their left hand
The right hand be shown
For those who'd corrupt an innocent
I got your millstone |