The Road and the Gate

Intro

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Verse 1

They came and took my boy at dawn

Wrapped him in a coat too thin for frost

I taught his hands to hold a nail and saw

Now some far field will teach him how to fall

Chorus

Go in peace my son my son

Go in peace my only one

Carry nothing but your name

Come back whole or come back changed

Go in peace my son my son

Verse 2

His mother folded shirts she did not make

I stood out on the road and did not wave

The neighbor's dog still waits beside the gate

The kettle sings and no one comes to eat

Chorus

Go in peace my son my son

Go in peace my only one

Carry nothing but your name

Come back whole or come back changed

Go in peace my son my son

Bridge

Lord I do not ask for much

Just a hand upon his shoulder

Just a morning warm and plain

Just my son my son my son

Chorus

Go in peace my son my son

Go in peace my only one

Carry nothing but your name

Come back whole or come back changed

Go in peace my son my son