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Artist/Band: Judy Collins
Lyrics for Song: Story Of Isaac
Lyrics for Album: Wildflowers / Who Knows Where The Time Goes [2006]



The door it opened slowly

And my father he came in

I was nine years old



And he stood so far above me

And his blue eyes they were shining

And his voice was very cold



He said, "I've had a vision

And you know I'm strong and holy

I must do what I've been told"



So he started up the mountain

I was running, he was walking

And his axe was made of gold



You who build these altars now

To sacrifice these children

You must not do it anymore



For you never had a vision

And you never have been tempted

By the Devil or the Lord



Yes, you who stand above them now

Your hatchets blunt and bloody

You were not there before



When I lay upon a mountain

And my father's hand was trembling

With the beauty of the word



And if you call me brother now

Forgive me if I ask

"According to whose plan?"



When it all comes down to dust

I will kill you if I must

I will love you if I can



And may I never learn to scorn

The body out of chaos born

The woman and the man



And mercy on our uniform

Man of peace, man of war

The peacock spreads his fan


Album Lyrics: Wildflowers / Who Knows Where The Time Goes [2006]


Judy Collins
"Wildflowers / Who Knows Where The Time Goes [2006]"


1. Sky Fell
2. Story Of Isaac
3. Someday Soon