Ballad Of Elijah Cain (Acoustic Version)-Phil Shoenfelt

[ti:Ballad Of Elijah Cain] [ar:Phil Shoenfelt] [al:Dead Flowers For Alice (Unplugged Versions)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.24]Ballad Of Elijah Cain - Phil Shoenfelt [00:01.39]Written by：Phil Shoenfelt [00:02.41] [00:23.04]I dreamed that I was a sailor [00:25.03] [00:25.85]John Pilgrim was my name [00:27.78] [00:28.55]I sailed a ship out of Bristol town [00:31.22]Headed for the coast of Maine [00:33.59] [00:34.28]My love she was a young girl [00:37.21]To me she was a queen [00:38.80] [00:39.94]Her daddy was rich I was poor [00:43.19]She was seventeen [00:44.28] [01:08.34]I held her close beside me [01:10.86]And I told her my goodbye [01:13.11] [01:13.88]How could I know that within a year [01:16.38] [01:16.92]She was doomed to die [01:19.35]Now my fortune is a legend [01:21.99] [01:22.61]Won by force of arms [01:24.51] [01:25.08]But I'd give it all up just to get her back [01:28.05]With all her woman's charms [01:31.20] [01:53.76]And the rain falls down [01:57.54] [01:59.31]And the rain falls down [02:03.84] [02:05.40]And the rain falls down [02:09.91]On me [02:12.51] [02:33.90]The Lord came down to Moses [02:36.07] [02:36.71]And he said now listen well [02:38.99] [02:39.86]Write these words in stone [02:41.97]And take them down to israel [02:44.39] [02:45.32]As the thunder came crashing [02:47.57] [02:48.21]I went reaching for my gun [02:50.86]When in truth I was only aching [02:53.56]To put an end to what I've become [02:56.06] [03:19.18]When I woke up the sun was shining [03:22.11]And I knew that you're gone [03:24.45] [03:25.05]I know I said that I didn't care [03:27.85]Ah but honey I was wrong [03:30.59]And I felt just like a soldier [03:33.49]When I walked into your room [03:36.02] [03:36.57]You said you'd never betray me [03:39.31]But you spoke too soon [03:43.56] [04:05.12]And the rain falls down [04:09.47] [04:10.88]And the rain falls down [04:14.48] [04:16.38]And the rain falls down [04:21.31]On me [04:23.34] [05:29.25]Now the road goes on forever [05:31.24] [05:31.94]And the sky it never ends [05:34.03] [05:35.35]East to west and north to south [05:37.84]And right back again [05:39.57] [05:40.57]And as I lose my vision [05:43.14]Like some leper refugee [05:45.36] [05:46.45]Out of space and out of time [05:49.16]And out of destiny [05:51.75] [06:14.78]The last time that I saw her [06:17.26]She was standing in the street [06:19.72] [06:20.47]The crowd flowed all around her [06:22.82]Like a river at her feet [06:25.86]I remember how she looked at me [06:28.88]With her dark and haunted eyes [06:31.57]Like a saint throen to the fire [06:34.06] [06:34.58]Stripped of all disguise [06:38.14] [07:00.28]And the rain falls down [07:04.70] [07:06.05]And the rain falls down [07:10.36] [07:11.70]And the rain falls down [07:16.26]On me