Redemption Day by Johnny Cash

I've wept for (1)__________ who (2)____________ long. But how I weep for (3)__________ who've gone
Into rooms of grief and (4)____________________ wrong, but keep on killing
It's in the soul to feel such things, but (5)________ to watch without speaking
Oh (6)________ mercy sadness brings, if God be willing

There is a train that's heading straight to heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man and woman wait
Watch and wait, for redemption day

Fire rages in the streets and swallows everything it meets
It's just an image often seen on television
Come leaders, come you men of great, let us hear you pontificate
Your many virtues laid to waste
And we aren't listening

There is a train that's heading straight to heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man and woman wait
Watch and wait, for (7)____________________ day

What do you have for us today?
Throw us a (8)________ but save the plate on why we waited til so late
Was there no oil to excavate?
No riches in trade for the (9)________ of every person who died in hate?
Throw us a bone, you men of great

There is a train that's heading straight to heaven's gate, to heaven's gate
And on the way, child and man and woman wait
Watch and wait, for redemption day

It's buried in the countryside
It's exploding in the shells at night
It's everywhere a baby cries
Freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom, freedom

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