[Verse 1]

As the water recedes

The shore shows its face

Sing me down, sing me down

Mother gives birth

The child takes her place

Sing me down

Sing me sweetly

Sing me down

[Verse 2]

Rain was alkaline

It stung in his eyes

Sing me down, sing me down

And he couldn't call it water

'Til the well ran dry

Sing me down

Sing me sweetly

Sing me down

[Pre-Chorus]

And all that's left

When the child comes of age

Is a sigh and a kiss

The trial and the rage

And the twist and the turn

Of the pеn on the page

Comes too latе

Oh so sweetly sing me down

[Chorus]

Whoever has a voice

When I'm laid in the ground

Make a sweet singing sound

Sing me down

[Verse 3]

And he ran his machinery

'Til the air went thin

Sing me down, sing me down

And he didn't look to heaven

'Til the clouds rolled in

Sing me down

Sing me sweetly

Sing me down

[Verse 4]

And his iron and steel

Made for weapons of war

Sing me down, sing me down

And the thresher and the plow

Melted down to make more

Sing me down

Sing me sweetly

Sing me down

[Pre-Chorus]

When the war makers perish

And come back as kings

Benevolent, loving

With voices that sing

And the people don't see it

As such a strange thing

Anymore

Oh so sweetly sing me down

[Chorus]

Whoever has a voice

When I'm laid in the ground

Make a sweet singing sound

Sing me down

[Guitar Solo]

[Verse 5]

Now the sun dips back

Behind its permanent cloud

Shameful of his employment

To warm such a crowd

[Pre-Chorus]

Sing me down

Sing me down

Sing me down

Oh so sweetly sing me down

[Chorus]

Whoever has a voice

When I'm laid in the ground

Make a sweet singing sound

Sing me down

[Verse 6]

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

Sing me down, sing me down

La la la la la la

La la la la la la

Sing me down

Sing me sweetly

Sing me down