I wrote a four word letter, post-script in crooked lines
"Though I'd lived I'd never been alive"
And you know who I am
You held my hem, as I traveled blind
Listening to the whispering in my ear
Soft but getting stronger
Telling me the only purpose of my being here
Is to stay a bit longer wielding a bicycle chain
As the handlebars crashed to the ground
The back wheel detached from the frame
It kept rolling yeah, but aimlessly drifting around
Oh doubters, let's go down
Let's go down, won't you come on down?
Oh doubters, let's go down
Down to the river to pray
"But I'm so small I can barely be seen"
"How can this great love be inside of me?"
Look at your eyes, they're small in size
But they see enormous things
Wearing black canvas slippers and our frog-on-a-lily-pad pose
We sewed buttons and zippers
To chinese pink silk and olive night clothes
If you can someday stop by, somehow we'll show you the pictures
And fix you some tea
See, my dad's getting a bit older now
And just unimaginably lonely
Oh pretender, let's go down
Let's go down, won't you come on down?
Oh pretender, let's go down
Down to the river and pray
"Oh but I'm so afraid, I'm set in my ways"
But he'll make the rabbits and rocks sing his praise
"Oh but I'm too tired, I won't last long"
No, he'll use the weak to overcome the strong
Oh Amanda, let's go down
Let's go down, won't you come on down?
Mama, Nana, let's go down
Down in the dirt by the river to pray
A wick to fit the wax
Wood to fit the wire
You strike the match, why not be utterly changed to fire?
And sacrifice the shadow in the mist
Of a brief life you never much liked son
If you'd care to come along
We're gonna curb all our never-ending, clever complaining
And who's ever heard of a singer criticized by his song?
We hunger, though all that we eat brings us little relief
We don't know quite what else to do
We have all our beliefs, but we don't want our beliefs
God of peace, we want you
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