No Roses

I was born in a flood tears

My parents much too late in years

And the last of the cold was mine one day

But they left me in a forgotten place

My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust

Ain't no roses on my grave

Put me in the cold cold ground

Meet me in the morning

And watch as the winter rain is falling

Ain't no roses on my grave

Put me in the cold cold ground

Meet me in the morning

And watch as the winter rain is falling down

I was born on a flooded plain

From a rusted shack to the world I came

And the water rose and the water veined

I spread my wings, my eyes a blaze

My daddy was once a good boy, but he got lost in the dust

Ain't no roses on my grave

Put me in the cold cold ground

Meet me in the morning

And watch as the winter rain is falling

Ain't no roses on my grave

Put me in the cold cold ground

Meet me in the morning

And watch as the winter rain is falling

Hold me down, hold me down

Beat me in the morning waves

So all my sins have all been washed away

Hold me down, hold me down

Beat me in the morning waves

So all my sins have all been washed away

I went down to the river to wash my sins away

But no water in that river and my tears fell down like rain

Now the waters rising up above a shack on the dirty plain

My family on the roof top, Lord, I can almost hear them sing

Ain't no roses on my grave

Put me in the cold cold ground

Meet me in the morning

And watch as the winter rain is falling

Ain't no roses on my grave

Put me in the cold cold ground

Meet me in the morning

And watch as the winter rain is falling

(Down to the river to wash my sins away)

Hold me down, hold me down

Beat my head under the waves

So all my sins have all been washed away

Hold me down, hold me down

Down beneath the deepest grave

Let that rain wash my sins away

Beat me in the morning waves

So all my sins have been washed away

Keep my head under the water

So all my sins have been washed away

Beat me in the morning waves

So all my sins have been washed away

Keep my head under the water

So all my sins have been washed away

(Down to the river to wash my sins away)

Down beneath the deepest grave

Let the rain wash my sins away

I was born in a flood of tears

My parents much too late in years

My daddy was once a good boy but he got lost in the dust