Josh Ritter - The Gospel Of Mary Lyrics
We left our home by dark of night
Joseph and my boy and I
When all the gunmen were asleep
We slipped into the forest
Joseph and my boy and I
Took only what we had to keep
And the hopes they would not find us
We prayed our prayers, we broke our bread
With others who had even less
Till finally all we had were dreams
And we hoped that they would fill us
We lived on roots and the bark of trees
Drank the water from the stream
And hoped it would not kill us
A man offered a change of luck
All we had for a cargo truck
With fifty others in the back
They shut the door behind us
It got so hot we could not breathe
Joseph and my boy and me
When we arrived, the sky was black
That's where I buried Joseph
The river stole away my shoes
The soles of both my feet were bruised
My boy lay silent in my arms
His dreams were deep and soundless
The day was long, the sun was high
A hammer on an anvil sky
By the wall I fell and cried
For death was all around us
He found me there where I had slipped
But handcuffed tied around my wrists
Shackles tied around my legs
As if I could escape you
And since I could not hold my babe
You took my only boy away
And though I plead and though I beg
You won’t say where he's gone to
I'm tired now, my eyes are dry
There’s only me alone tonight
In a land I thought would be
Ours if we could make it
A land that welcomes strangers in
A land that beckoned like a friend
If I had the chance again
I'd rather die than take him
The holy family got away
A simpler time, a simpler place
And Egypt stretched out it's great hand
To welcome them with mercy
Now Joseph's dead out on the road
My boy is gone and I don't know
Where he is or where I am
With every breath, it hurts me
And you who stood at your great gates
Watched us as we met our fate
Then took our pride and stole our babes
You will one day die of something
But as you rest your weary head
Your family close around your bed
May your thoughts all fly instead
To the ones who you gave nothing
The naked one, the starving child
Who crawled the final brutal miles
Through blood and filth and rock and wild
In the hopes of only living
May the pain within you dwell
And may it follow you to hell
All alone in a lonely cell
Forever unforgiven
May the pain within you dwell
And may it follow you to hell
All alone in a lonely cell
Forever unforgiven
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Josh Ritter The Gospel Of Mary Comments
Mr. Ritter you are without a doubt one of the greatest Lyricists of our time. I am in awe at your work, and to see you take on the tradition of protest songs is wonderful. I just hope your words could ring in the ears of those who need to hear them.
Soul Searching and heart-wrenching. Inspired
I got bye bye miss American pie vibes from this....just me I guess....this is beautifull. Thank you
grande stima Josh
Yep. A return to form. Love it.
Thank you Josh!
Heartbreaking. Even more so, because the story is not that unusual. We need to demand and do better.
Thank you for this. 💔
Powerful on so many levels!
We, United States of America, need this.
Thank you!
Fantastic song, but I would rather live in a world where it wasn’t necessary
Thanks Josh
Gawd, not more antifa/liberal/democrat bullshit fake news talking points about immigration....you're "bewildered" about the Administration's treatment of ILLEGAL aliens who cross our borders using the sham "asylum" excuse and then proceed to rape and kill our citizens? Maybe, moron, you'd be LESS bewildered if you talked to the family of Mollie Tibbets or Kate Steinle, both of whom were MURDERED because we haven't had a sane border policy in decades. Maybe, moron, you'd be less bewildered if instead of living in an echo chamber of leftist propaganda you actually read the news once in a while...here, here's a couple news articles to get you started on your journey to enlightenment, dumbass:
https://wjla.com/news/local/men-rape-minor-md-girl
https://wjla.com/news/local/man-rape-15-year-old-md-girl-suspect-repeat-immigration-violator
https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/ice-officials-say-lack-of-cooperation-by-king-county-led-to-seattle-mans-murder/281-b2339289-d0fe-4891-a5f2-c1b2a8d8729a
I saw him perform this at the Ryman this year. Also saw The Milk Carton kids open for him, also at Mother Church, the year prior. Here's a link in fact, 12:10 is Gospel of Mary: https://youtu.be/sY4dvp40X8E
LOVE LOVE LOVE this version! Nice work Josh and MKC. Can't wait to see you guys again, hopefully soon.
Underneath their jackets she saw wings
Fuck, this is beautiful
Thank you
This says it all really. Beautiful and honest.
I remember you playing this at the Egyptian, and it felt like seeing Bob Dylan play Masters of War live. Mind blowing, powerful stuff.
Thank you for this, Josh.
🤯🎼🖤
It’d be cool if you keep making music with them. Two of my favorites together.