Ben Carroll: Listen To Music
2. O Sister
(Real Thing, 2007)
Grist for the mill of life is a man
Or so your past would have you understand
Your teachers and your crosses
Advisors and bosses
Tell you to do something
You shouldn't do
That's why you're feeling empty and astray
A horse's whip upon you every day
Lugging over tonnage
Coals into the oven
Working under bondage
Without a way out
O sister don't you cry
Dry your weary eye
Sister just be true
Your angel will come to you
And I will be the one to lay you down
Love has come and love has flown away
Legends lost with nothing left to say
Sitting in the hours
Gazing at the towers
Trying to remember
How you are here
O sister don't you cry
Dry your weary eye
Sister just be true
Your angel will come to you
And I will be the one to lay you down
Make believe a little if you can
Grab a little cash from the can
And leave behind the voices
Making all your choices
Everybody's asking
When will you come
O sister don't you cry
Dry your weary eye
Sister just be true
Your angel will come to you
And I will be the one to lay you down