[05:36.00]Well if both of these horses just a lay up and die
[05:36.00]He thinks to himself as he stares into the sun
[05:36.00]His companion's been bleedin' and is weepin' to himself
[05:36.00]Thinking oh my sweet sue
[05:36.00]I won't be a comin' home now
[05:36.00]As them train tracks keep runnin' up that ever gentle slope
[05:36.00]Margaret Anne hangs her head
[05:36.00]And just keeps wondering what's good
[05:36.00]Her companions been bleedin' and is weepin' to himself
[05:36.00]Thinking oh my sweet sue
[05:36.00]I won't be a comin' home now
[05:36.00]That day that the rain came and just rose the flag of war
[05:36.00]Mother Jones lays in bed his children lyin' on the floor
[05:36.00]And she got by standin' in the churchyard singing hallelujah
[05:36.00]Sweepin' out the bats from the bells of her voice
[05:36.00]Who is she
[05:36.00]I am the river and
[05:36.00]I will take you to the see
[05:36.00]And we got by
[05:36.00]Floating in the water singing hallelujah
[05:36.00]Waiting on the lord
[05:36.00]To bring us back home
[05:36.00]You left us too soon
[05:36.00]And I I know what you'll do
[05:36.00]Someone knocks in the back at the door
[05:36.00]Oh Why'd you come
[05:36.00]Were you lookin' for more
[05:36.00]Don't speak
[05:36.00]Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor
[05:36.00]Oh it got lost in the sound of the war
[05:36.00]Don't stay
[05:36.00]Someone knocks in the back at the door
[05:36.00]Oh Why'd you come
[05:36.00]Were you lookin' for more
[05:36.00]Don't speak
[05:36.00]Then the sharp steel rattle of your head on the floor
[05:36.00]Oh it got lost in the sound of the war
[05:36.00]Don't leave
[05:36.00]And oh you left us too soon
[05:36.00]Now there's two men ridin' up
[05:36.00]Both wonderin' who is he
[05:36.00]One says sir
[05:36.00]I've observed you ridin' up behind'a me
[05:36.00]Now them children hear em headed up around the bend
[05:36.00]Crying Ma best come on here come our fathers back to bed