Ahmen

Black dirt, ever more
Black dirt, I will follow
In the slough is hidden thorns
Woe is me, I am woe
Switchback, no mountain path
Mountain shakes me down below
Voices call from the mountain top
They said, "This way you cannot go"

By land and by water (water)
Through the wilderness wander (wander)
By land and by water (water)
Up through the wilderness wander (wander)
Oh, hey, hey, oh

Try to sneak upon the land
By the water, I approach
Hand-hewn from stick and hide
I squat in the hull of my boat
Then it's, wham-bam against the land
My boat grows a hole
Voices call from the stream and cliffs
They said, "This way you cannot go"

By land and by water (water)
Through the wilderness wander (wander)
By land and by water (water)
Through the wilderness wander (wander)
Oh, hey, hey, oh
Hey, hey, hey, oh
Hey, hey, hey, oh

Come again by the mountain, I lost my way
So I came by the water which washed all my dirt
And I suppose I looked different, being washed so clean
I know I need a new approach

I think to approach through the wilderness
And I come upon that goat
Perched on a soapbox, he stares at me
And in his mouth is Yeshua's clothes
So I, pin them to my skin
And this robe hangs too low
We wander through the wilderness
And I ride upon the back of the goat

By land and by water (water)
Through the wilderness wander (wander)
By land and by water (water)
Through the wilderness wander (wander)
I, hey, hey, oh
Hey, hey, hey, oh
Hey, hey, hey, oh

You people don't appreciate me
Or appreciate what I've been through
Anyone who needs a "thank you" doesn't deserve it
But, people, I hope you know I appreciate you

Thank you for what might have been
Thank you for what I don't know
But thank you just the same
That's how he raised me
But you done knocked me low
And it said I may be a while
'Fore when I can get home
But if I ever come to my people's land
Well, they know, I will let them go

By land and by water (water)
Through the wilderness wander (wander)
By land and by water (water)
Up through the wilderness wander (wander)
Oh, hey, hey, oh
Oh, hey, hey, oh
Oh, hey, hey, oh
Oh, hey, hey, oh

Amen (amen)
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I want to be your amen