Bible belt - live from bush hall
Lo and behold your mother is drinking again
This might be the coldest winter since records began
You were alone, steady with wintry calm
Leading the children softly across the fold
Each morning you'd march your sisters like soldiers to school
'Cause lo and behold your father had drunk quite a few
You were alone and steady with wintry calm
Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark
But you swear blind there is no weight in the water pail
You say my love, you take the cards that you're dealt
'Cause there's no guiding light arcing a line to Bethlehem
If it's dark outside you light the fire yourself
And darling when the ice caps melt, when the devil's in the bible belt, don't cower in your bed
I'll be on the 5-4-5, you can meet me at the railway line, and don't look so scared
'Cause we've been through worse than this, before we could talk
The trick of it is, don't be afraid any more
Oh the trick of it is, don't be afraid any more
This might be the coldest winter since records began
You were alone, steady with wintry calm
Leading the children softly across the fold
Each morning you'd march your sisters like soldiers to school
'Cause lo and behold your father had drunk quite a few
You were alone and steady with wintry calm
Somewhere inside the fire of your youth went dark
But you swear blind there is no weight in the water pail
You say my love, you take the cards that you're dealt
'Cause there's no guiding light arcing a line to Bethlehem
If it's dark outside you light the fire yourself
And darling when the ice caps melt, when the devil's in the bible belt, don't cower in your bed
I'll be on the 5-4-5, you can meet me at the railway line, and don't look so scared
'Cause we've been through worse than this, before we could talk
The trick of it is, don't be afraid any more
Oh the trick of it is, don't be afraid any more