Noah's Children

Split-level ranch on a mid-level street
Mailboxes huddled where the cul-de-sac meets
And nothing ever happens so we're lead to believe
So I couldn't believe it as I opened the door
I had never imagined something like that before
And thought it was real it was so much more

She says the world's ending but it's ending all the time
Noah's children
Come out of the water little wiser down the line'

Between him and me I shoulda got some gone
Always whistling his little song
Thought he had us in his pocket girl he got that wrong

All the way to the water she just sat and stared
Perfume that he bought her still caught in her hair
And neither of us talking bout what we got back there

She says the world's ending but it's ending all the time
Noah's children
Come out of the water little wiser down the line'

Mother Mary Mother Mary Mother Mary Mother Mary
Mother Mary I ain't asked
Much from you now that time's passed
Forgive your sisters for what they'll do
Cause you'd a done the same thing too

Easter time and the world is new
Lillies of the valley and the daffodils bloom
And the stone rolled away and the angels singin
We're back up to the river in the pickup truck
He'll be dead for forever and he ain't getting up
But if he ever comes back better come back swinging

She says the world's ending but it's ending all the time
Noah's children
Come out of the water little wiser down the line'

Mother Mary Mother Mary Mother Mary Mother Mary
Mother Mary I ain't asked
Much from you now that time's passed
Forgive your sisters for what they'll do
Cause you'd a done the same thing too