The Wooden Sky - Angels lyrics

Oh Lord Lord Lord, I'm too young to die And if I'd know these days were numbered Then I might not have tried No I've never done wrong by you And I've told no lies Still when I see them running scared I think I might When my feet were rested and I'd laid my sons to sleep I went out in search of animals whose blood you might believe I slit their throats and I help them up towards the sky I prayed no Star of David fall upon us in the night And when my feet are weary then I'm an only child Brought up in foreign lands where the sun don't ever shine The light that fell around me never shone down from the sky And I never found the strength to feel inspired The night they brought me Jesus we both went to him together Dressed ourselves in lace and leather And held our hands towards the son We'd risked life and limb to be here And we both knew when we beseeched him That our children would kneel together To repay the debts we'd won Oh Lord Lord Lord, I'm too young to die And if I'd know these days were numbered Then I might not have tried No I've never done wrong by you And I've told no lies Still when I see them running scared I think I might