Black Mariah

[Intro]

There in my memory

Just on periphery

Loose knit like gauze on the center line

The broke down cobblestone drive

The Black Mariah

[Verse 1]

For when it comes for you

Nothing be done for you

Write down your name on the bottom line

Shut up your mouth, son

Here's the Black Mariah

[Chorus]

The Black Mariah comes for us all

Can't you hear their boots in the hall

Answer your name when they call

The Black Mariah

The Black Mariah

[Verse 2]

Where are the neighbors

The bootblacking laborers

Windows are dark and the shutters drawn

The only lone souls who roam

We're all pariahs

Turn down your lantern light

Set your affairs to [?]

Put up the prayers that you [?] on

'Cause everyone is an enemy

Come the Black Mariah

[Chorus 2]

The Black Mariah comes for us all

Line them up with their backs to the wall

It's gone by the time they all fall

The Black Mariah

The Black Mariah

[Chorus]

The Black Mariah comes for us all

Can't you hear their boots in the hall

Answer your name when they call

The Black Mariah

The Black Mariah

[Outro]

There in my memory

Just on periphery

Loose knit like gauze on the center line

The broke down cobblestone drive

The Black Mariah