
Palestine II
Her people come from Nineveh
His people come from Rural Shade
They met in the tent
Of the traveling Nazarene
She took his big hand in hers
Led him from the tent to the piney woods
They both sixteen
A few months later they got married
A few more months RoseofSharon got born
While he was out, he's cutting pulp
A logging chain whipped
He'd never walk again
It was an accidental thing
So he drank when they had money
She worked as a serving girl
In the rich folks houses in town
RoseofSharon grew up
She's cutting pictures out of magazines
Of houses big, clean
RoseofSharon she run away
With a boy selling bibles
They crossed the line in Shreveport
Turned sixteen
Calls her mother from the payphone
A laundromat in Natchez
It’s not exactly what I dreamed
Palestine, Palestine
Oh Palestine
We’ve got Satan on the run
Shouts the Nazarene
Palestine, Palestine
Yea Palestine
We’ve got Satan on the run
Shouts the Nazarene
Appears on cotton and The Pretty World Trilogy