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


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