Resurrection
Album: Snake Farm
Resurrection
Written by Al Grierson 1996
Published by Snake Farm Publishing (SESAC)
Administered by Bug Music
There was something heavy coming down
Like Easter in the air
And he woke up Sunday morning
With some flowers in his hair
Looking like he face of Jesus in his final agony
That they found in that old winding sheet off in Italy
He was long gone, he was gone when they rolled away the stone
Something had come a shining in that smoky little room
Lit up like a thousand candles in a Middle Eastern tomb
An angel lay on the mattress and spoke history and death
With perfume on her lingerie and whiskey on her breath
He was long gone he was gone when they rolled away the stone
And they found him in the desert picking flowers for the muse
Sometimes he’s a fire, sometimes he’s a fuse
He’s loading up his saddlebags out on the edge of wonder
One is filled with music the others filled with thunder
He was long gone he was gone when they rolled away the stone
Well I never thought to ask him but the thought seemed mighty slim
That if he ever much believed in God
Or God believed in him
But they both believed in a woman
And the truth that set him free
Now he wonders in confusion
For he’s lost his poetry
And He was long gone he was gone when they rolled away the stone
And they found him in the desert picking flowers for the muse
Sometimes he’s a fire, sometimes he’s a fuse
He’s loading up his saddlebags out on the edge of wonder
One is filled with music the others filled with thunder
He was long gone he was gone when they rolled away the stone
He was long gone he was gone when they rolled away the stone
He was long gone he was gone when they rolled away the stone
RWH – vocals, acoustic guitar, tambourine
Gurf Morlix – vocals, electric guitar
George Reiff – bass
Rick Richards – drums, percussion
Ray Bonneville – harmonica
Ruthie foster – vocals