Jericho Lyrics – Kelly Joe Phelps

Jericho Lyrics by Kelly Joe Phelps

It was not two days, night and a day
And I look back at the man I was before
A sorry stranger banged up on a shore
Your warm arms tore the walls down

Your warm arms tore the walls down
A devil with the damned things anyway
They were of no use, I’m just a frame
From there he would watch, watch only

Not taking a part in the world
Oh, not taking a part in the world
I sold my mule, bale of hay
These shoes left tattered and worn

They’d carry me to heaven or they’d walk straight to a hole
I didn’t see you coming ’til I heard you there
I didn’t see you coming ’til I heard you there
In one single breath, in two or three words

The old man crossed the bridge and down the side
And I was left standing holding my sword
Dropped it on the ground, I didn’t need it anymore
Dropped it on the ground, I didn’t need it anymore

A soul to sink into, washing mine clean
I rolled like a hog on holiday
Laughing boy laugh, smiling boy smile
This was no usual day

Mmm, this was no usual day
My hunch back over straight back, my eyes on fire
Then I finally remembered what living used to be like
Playing in the ocean, popping rhythms with your hands

Turned the key in the lock and the door swung wide
Turned the key in the lock and the door swung wide
And what did we find inside?
A man with a reinvented view

No shirt, no pants, the old hang bird is skinned
He’s floating in a cooking pot
Body’s floating in a cooking pot
You stabbed me with honesty, passion and peace

And a will to move on legs of steel
Arms like Popeye and giddy like Olive
Dancing like a sweet pea with a wide open grin
Now I begin retelling the story of a lost boy in chains

Saved by a girl
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Kelly Joe Phelps Lyrics – Jericho

Kelly Joe Phelps

Jericho