godriczimmerman's video: Sign on the Cross - Elston Gunn

...From the basement tapes 1967 Now, I try, though it's so awf'ly strong And I just try to be. And now, oh, it's a...??, But it's..?? Yes, but I know in my head That we're all so misled, And it's that ol' sign on the cross That worries me. Now, when I was just a bawlin' ...child??, I saw what I wanted to be, And it's all for the sake Of that, I should see. But I was lost on the...land/lamb?? As I heard that front door slam, And that old sign on the cross worried me. Well, it's that old sign on the cross, Well, it's that old key to the kingdom, Well, it's that old sign on the cross Like you ..Should?.. be. But, when I hold my head so high As I see my ol' friends go by, And it's still that sign on the cross That worries me. Well, it seems to be just a sign on the cross. Ev'ry day, ev'ry night, see the sign on the cross just layin' up on top of the hill. Yes, we thought it might have disappeared long ago, but I'm here to tell you, friends, that I'm afraid it's lyin' there still. Yes, just a little time is all you need, you might say, but I don't know 'bout that any more, because later on you might ..find it's gone? you might want to enter it, but, of course, the door might be closed. But I just would like to tell you one time, if I don't see you again, that the thing is, that the sign on the cross is the thing you might need the most. Yes, the sign on the cross It's just a sign of ....??. Well, there is some in every prison And there is some in the penitentiary, too. Oh, when your, when your days are numbered And your nights are long, You might think you're weak But I mean to say you're strong. Yes you are, if that sign on the cross, If it begins to worry you. Well, that's all right, you just sing a song, And all your troubles will pass right on through.