Dead Sun Over Jericho Road

Verse 1

The corn stands black in a windless field

The well's gone dry and the church bell's still

Mama keeps the lamp lit past the dawn

'Cause the sun came up but the light was gone

Chorus

Dead sun over Jericho Road

Burnin' cold on the souls we sold

Hold my hand where the river don't flow

Under the dead sun, Lord, take us home

Verse 2

Preacher's prayin' to an empty sky

Crows on the steeple don't even cry

Daddy's Bible open to the end

Every page says the same thing, friend

Chorus

Dead sun over Jericho Road

Burnin' cold on the souls we sold

Hold my hand where the river don't flow

Under the dead sun, Lord, take us home

Bridge

Ashes fall like a Sunday snow

On the graves of the ones we know

Ring the bell, let the hollow hear

The last dawn's already here

Final Chorus

Dead sun over Jericho Road

Burnin' cold on the souls we sold

Hold my hand where the river don't flow

Under the dead sun, Lord, take us home

Outro

Take us home... take us home