Manitoba-Frank Black

[ti:Manitoba] [ar:Frank Black] [al:93-03] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Manitoba - Frank Black [00:34.85]Up in Manitoba [00:35.98] [00:37.85]The sky was very blue [00:39.93] [00:41.56]The people were a few [00:43.46] [00:44.67]And nights were never colder [00:47.26] [00:48.90]Once I heard a wailing sound [00:51.63] [00:52.57]The sky had turned to red [00:54.78] [00:56.23]So I got up from my bed [00:58.18] [00:59.39]And I wandered far from town [01:01.79] [01:07.23]I have seen the face of God [01:09.84] [01:10.42]And I was not afraid [01:12.35] [01:14.42]I have seen the face of God [01:17.00] [01:18.87]And I have dearly paid [01:21.25] [01:24.63]The darkness came right down on me [01:27.49] [01:30.17]There were no more lights to follow [01:31.92]So I slept inside the hollow [01:33.49] [01:34.61]Of a dead and fallen tree [01:37.80] [01:38.80]Did you know three days I tried [01:41.06] [01:43.08]To wake myself But no [01:44.58] [01:45.90]My flesh had turned to snow [01:49.19]And I thought that I had died [01:51.63] [01:56.90]For I have seen the face of God [01:59.54] [02:00.24]And I was not afraid [02:02.27] [02:04.33]I have seen the face of God [02:06.91] [02:08.41]And I have dearly paid [02:10.93] [02:32.70]And though I had it rough [02:34.84] [02:36.09]They got me home in time [02:37.82] [02:40.23]They got me homemade wine [02:42.09] [02:43.36]But it was not enough [02:45.24] [02:47.11]The cold had made me dumb [02:49.00] [02:50.96]And I was sent away [02:52.66] [02:54.18]These walls are here today [02:56.12] [02:57.68]For fifty years and some [02:59.43] [03:04.57]Yes I have seen the face of God [03:07.10] [03:07.99]And I was not afraid [03:09.95] [03:11.51]I have seen the face of God