Sweet Chariot

(Paul Kennerley - Emmylou Harris)



Oh my darlin', I have searched the desert and the sky

Just to find you and take the mourning from my eyes

When I lost you I suffered and you were sanctified

We are all born to live, we are all bound to die.



Swing down sweet chariot

The flesh will fall and the bones will rot

But from my sorrow you'll carry me not

My heart is bound, my soul is chained to the rock.



Rock of ages cleft for me

I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree

It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea

And it will ring from the rock.



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Oh, my children sorrow shall come to each of us

All our trials will soon lay buried in the dust

Long forgotten but quick as silver turns to rust

Love is found when the heart is lost.



Swing down sweet chariot

The flesh will fall and the bones will rot

But from my sorrow you'll carry me not

My heart is bound, my soul is chained to the rock.



Rock of ages cleft for me

I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree

It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea

And it will ring from the rock.



Swing down sweet chariot

The flesh will fall and the bones will rot

But from my sorrow you'll carry me not

My heart is bound, my soul is chained to the rock.



Rock of ages cleft for me

I swung down my hammer out in Joshua Tree

It rang on the mountain and rolled to the sea

And it will ring from the rock...