Saints Preserve Us-MARC COHN

[ti:Saints Preserve Us (LP Version)] [ar:MARC COHN] [al:Burning The Daze] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Saints Preserve Us - MARC COHN [00:17.36]I could hear the shutters banging [00:21.89]In my mother's house [00:23.00] [00:25.18]And the wind just kept blowing off the lake [00:31.92]I ran down to the front door [00:35.74]And told the ambulance man [00:37.17] [00:40.76]"Everything's all right here Sir [00:43.18]There must be some mistake" [00:47.92]Saints preserve us [00:52.44]We're all going down [00:54.97]This ship is sinking in the sea [01:02.40]Saints preserve us [01:05.89]And carry us along [01:09.07]For we may be together in eternity [01:19.67] [01:24.25]My father was staring off into another world [01:26.60] [01:31.30]And my mother she was laying very still [01:38.90]The baby was crying [01:42.33]And I tried to block it out [01:45.45]Then from somewhere deep inside me [01:50.08]Came a deathly chill [01:54.52]Saints preserve us [01:56.89]Wherever we might fall [02:01.36]This is all too big a mystery [02:07.60]I remember I was standing in the corner of the room [02:14.45]Saying "Look at how she's leaving us [02:17.17] [02:18.36]So quietly so soon" [02:24.01]And in her final hour [02:27.67]I saw her reaching up her hands [02:34.22]Like she was asking to be taken high above us [02:41.98]Didn't she love us [02:50.46]Saints preserve us [02:53.18]We're all going down [02:57.39]This ship is sinking in the sea [03:04.24]Saints preserve us [03:10.78]And carry us along [03:11.58]For we may be together in eternity [03:17.26]Saints preserve us [03:22.38]Saints preserve us [03:28.21]Wherever we may fall [03:30.76]Saints preserve us [03:36.79]Saints preserve us [03:41.94]And carry us along