And it Goes
Coming down from the crater where the chapel lies
Where the holy dove dropped the bomb
Where the voices of the people who were singing round the steeple
Felt like poison burning in the sky
And they go on and on together
Their TV preacher says he speaks for God
Said there’s war to be made
A queer soul to be saved
I can still hear the deafening applause
But in the masses I can hear the whisper
And I’m trying just to hum along
Let the earth go on and feed its bigotry and greed
I can still hear that still, small song
And it goes
I won’t be lied to and I won’t be held down.
In the silence, it’s gonna sound so loud
Oh my brother they’ve laid you down
Hear the heart above break for the heart on the ground
In the marchers’ cadence make the mighty hear the sound
The silent savior started singing now
And it goes
I won’t be lied to and I won’t be held down.
And in the silence, it’s gonna sound so loud
And I heard that song
From the halls of power through that crippled dawn
And I heard that song
I am aching now but I won’t be for long
And it goes
I won’t be lied to and I won’t be held down.
And in the silence, it’s gonna sound so loud.