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[Intro] Am G F G x2 [Verse 1]
Am We left our home by dark of night G Joseph and my boy and I F When all the gunmen were asleep We Eslipped into the forest
[Verse 2]
Am We left everything behind G Joseph and my boy and I F Took only what we had to keep And the Ehopes they would not find us
[Verse 3]
Am We prayed our prayers, we broke our bread G With others who had even less F 'Til finally all we had were dreams And we Ehoped that they would fill us
[Verse 4]
Am We lived on roots and the bark of trees G Joseph and my boy and me F Drank the water from the stream And Ehoped it would not kill us
[Interlude] Am G F G [Verse 5]
Am A man offered a change of luck G All we had for a cargo truck F With fifty others in the back They Eshut the door behind us
[Verse 6]
Am It got so hot we could not breathe G Joseph and my boy and me F When we arrived, the sky was black That's Ewhere I buried Joseph
[Verse 7]
Am The river stole away my shoes G The soles of both my feet were bruised F My boy lay silent in my arms His Edreams were deep and soundless
[Verse 8]
Am The day was long, the sun was high G A hammer on an anvil sky F By the wall I fell and cried For Edeath was all around us
[Interlude] Am G F G x2 [Verse 9]
Am They found me there where I had slept G Their handcuffs tight around my wrists F Shackles tight around my legs As Eif I could escape you
[Verse 10]
Am And since I could not hold my babe G You took my only boy away F Though I plead and though I beg You Ewon't say where he's gone to
[Verse 11]
Am I'm tired now, my eyes are dry G There's only me alone tonight F In a land I thought would be EOurs if we could make it
[Verse 12]
Am A land that welcomes strangers in G A land that beckoned like a friend F If I had the chance again I'd Erather die than take it
[Verse 13]
Am The holy family got away G A simpler time, a simpler place F And Egypt stretched out it's great hand To Ewelcome them with mercy
[Verse 14]
Am Now Joseph's dead out on the road G My boy is gone and I don't know F Where he is or where I am With Eevery breath, it hurts me
[Interlude] Am G F G x2 [Verse 15]
Am And you who stood at your great gates G Watched us as we met our fate F Then took our pride and stole our babes You will Eone day die of something
[Verse 16]
Am But as you rest your weary head G Your family close around your bed F May your thoughts all fly instead To the Eones who you gave nothing
[Verse 17]
Am The naked one, the starving child G Who crawled the final brutal miles F Through blood and filth and rock and wild In the Ehopes of only living
[Verse 18]
Am May the pain within you dwell G May it follow you to hell F All alone in a lonely cell ForEever unforgiven
[Verse 19]
Am May the pain within you dwell G May it follow you to hell F All alone in a lonely cell ForEever unforgiven
[Outro] Am G F G x3