I Was Born

[Chorus] I was born in The Vale of Angels By the sea in the year 1974 In time for Christmas To my father Hugh and my mother Anna Jean [Verse 1] For a while I walked in the ways of Jesus Served me well enough it seems Come to find Jesus doesn’t need us To be any more than we need him to be [Verse 2] I've heard talk like they knew about heaven I can't help but seed the seams And we could pull that thread and make two cloths to clean us So all that I know is all I’ll tell to thee [Chorus] I was born in The Vale of Angels By the sea in the year 1974 In time for Christmas To my father Hugh and mother Anna Jean [Instrumental Interlude] [Verse 3] I was at war with that wild religion And it revealed itself to me And it slapped me sore enough to make some good decisions Give me ears to hear and eyes by which to see [Verse 4] Oh, and I had heard talk (I heard talk) 'Bout a hell beneath us (Hell beneath us) Fires burn (Fires burn) For eternity (Eternity) But we’re all just dust for those around to see us So all that I know is all I tell to be [Chorus] I was born in The Vale of Angels By the sea in the year 1974 In time for Christmas To my father Hugh and mother Anna Jean To my father Hugh and mother Anna Jean