Blood On the Pane, Prints On the Sill
Kinfolk pleading with me say "John"
"Keep dancing with the devil
And you'll wind up gone"
There ain't no need to take alarm
I've got my brand new
Blue suede dancing shoes on
Wake up early in the morning
To get the jump on me
I can be found underneath
Any old sycamore tree
Pulling on a pipe
And peering at the Moon
Sitting in the dark
Laughing like a loon
There was blood on the pane
Prints on the sill
One way to heaven
A million to hell
I can hear Saint Michael's trembling bell
Trembling bell, trembling bell
Ring your bell, baby ring your bell
Rock the bell, rock the bell
There's a river in the valley
That'll cleanse your soul
Wash the blood from the hands
From the life that you stole
If that life is your own
You better drop all of the pebbles
And scrub with a stone
If you had saw what I had seen
You could scrub all you want
But you'll never come clean
You can string me out
Hang me up to dry
I'm going to bleed this life
Till the day that I die
I accepted God right before I fell
One way to heaven
A million to hell
I can hear Saint Michael's trembling bell
Trembling bell, trembling bell
Ring your bell, baby ring your bell
Rock the bell, rock the bell
Copyright © Plant A Tree Poetry | Year Posted 2019
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