Mother, Son and Holy Ghost

One, two
One, two, three

There's a broken down trailer for a fishing boat
Abandoned in the yard
A rusted out Chevy for target practice
A dried up yellow lawn
Longleaf pines and kudzu vines
In this forsaken home
Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Hear a prayer in the dark

I set the table once again
For the three of us
An old newspaper tablecloth
Candles on the screened-in porch

Your ghosts
Won't leave
My mind
Alone

There's an old tricycle and a rocking horse
Lonely in the yard
A rusted out Chevy for target practice
A dried up yellow lawn
Spider webs and abandoned nests
In this forsaken home
Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Hear the prayer in my song

Ever since you went away
To the greenest pasture
Of the great beyond
Your soul rose to redemption
To leave me here in Irondale
Barely hanging on

Your ghosts
Won't leave
My mind
Alone

There's a broken down trailer for a fishing boat
Abandoned in the yard
A rusted out Chevy for target practice
A dried up yellow lawn
Longleaf pines and kudzu vines
In this forsaken home
Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Hear a prayer in the dark

I need you (I need you)
I need you (I need you)
I don't want to face this emptiness inside
I need you (I need you)
I need you (I need you)
I need to know that I will
Meet you on the other side

Praying for faith at the bottle tree
Where we used to dance
She whispers to me to set you free
And find my deliverance
From the agonies and memories
Of living in the past
If I don't let go, I'll never know
Life beyond skeletons

Of an old tricycle and a rocking horse
Lonely in the yard
A rusted out Chevy for target practice
A dried up yellow lawn
Spider webs and abandoned nests
In this forsaken home
Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Mother, Son and Holy Ghost
Hear the prayer in my song

Amen
Ah-amen