The Nightwatchman - Saint Isabelle lyrics

Innocence and suffering Loneliness and grace Pain and love and beauty Laughter d**h and faith Where the rising fortune Meets the setting sun I'm afraid my friend when one is left It's just the same as none I will always stand beside you Defend you and mend you and sanctify you I'll hold you and keep you and fight beside you And follow you down love I'm right behind you God make her road straight God make her road true Saint Isabelle is coming through The textbook's on the table The radio's on the shelf And thank you for the offer But I'll sing this one myself In reverential silence The crowd sat in the pews I climbed and climbed for hours But oh my what a view I will always stand beside you Defend you and mend you and sanctify you I'll hold you and keep you and fight beside you And follow you down love I'm right behind you God make her road straight God make her road true Saint Isabelle is coming through I'm surprised you didn't come forward When the cops dragged me away There's a museum in the Netherlands I hope to see again someday There's a painting of a woman Gathering wood it's almost dark In a world bereft of meaning There's a flicker in the hearth I will always stand beside you Defend you and mend you, sanctify you I'll hold you and keep you and fight beside you And follow you down love I'm right behind you And follow you down love I'm right behind you And follow you down love I'm right behind you God make her road straight God make her road true Saint Isabelle is coming through God make her road straight God make her road true Saint Isabelle is coming through