[Intro: Jeffrey Lewis]
I was dreaming of a mountain in the sky above the flood
And a forest and a city and a river made of blood
[Pre-Chorus 1: Diane Cluck]
Baptist guy keeps getting closer
Tries to pull me down to the river
Have i been such a wayward daughter?
Hold my head under the water
[Chorus 1: Diane Cluck]
Oh, then i started shouting
I felt like i was drowning
Baptist, he keeps on plunging
My hands, they keep on grabbing
His hair, a tangled nest
He smacks me across the chest
"oh, what have i done then, father?"
"you've been a wayward daughter."
[Simultaneously: Jeffrey Lewis]
Take my hand now, we'll go walking
On that mountain, above the flood
In the forest, we'll make a canoe
Put it in the river of blood
[Pre-Chorus 2: Diane Cluck]
Left my mind on the riverbank
Left behind in the mud, it sank
Baptist guy, i gotta thank you
For the bath, though i didn't want to
[Chorus 2: Diane Cluck]
I feel the harsh demands
Made by the baptists hands
He bends me across his knee
I'm backwards, i cannot see
There's filth streaming out of me
There's water rushing over me
There's filth streaming out of me
There's water rushing over me...
[Simultaneously: Jeffrey Lewis]
When the river becomes an ocean
Every spirit of every man
Will rise up and we will recall that
We are all but one blood again
[instrumental]
[Pre-Chorus 1: Diane Cluck]
Baptist guy keeps getting closer
Tries to pull me down to the river
Have i been such a wayward daughter?
Hold my head under the water
[Simultaneously: Jeffrey Lewis]
I was dreaming of a mountain in the sky above the flood
And a forest and a city and a river made of blood
[Chorus 1: Diane Cluck,
Both
]
Oh, then i started shouting
I felt like i was drowning
Baptist, he keeps on plunging
My hands, they keep on grabbing
His hair, a tangled nest
He smacks me across the chest
"oh, what have i done then, father?"
"you've been a wayward daughter."
[Pre-Chorus 2: Diane Cluck]
Left my mind on the riverbank
Left behind in the mud, it sank
Baptist guy, i gotta thank you
For the bath, though i didn't want to
[Simultaneously: Jeffrey Lewis]
Take my hand now, we'll go walking
On that mountain, above the flood
In the forest, we'll make a canoe
Put it in the river of blood
[Chorus 2: Diane Cluck,
All
]
I feel the harsh demands
Made by the baptists hands
He bends me across his knee
I'm backwards, i cannot see
There's
filth
streaming out of me
There's
water
rushing over me
There's
filth
streaming out of me
There's
water
rushing over me...
[Outro: Jeffrey Lewis,
Both
]
When the river becomes an ocean
And every spirit of every man
Will rise up and we will recall that
We are all but one blood again
