C F C F G C F [Verse 1]C G F I remember the day of the Tennessee floodC G F The sound of the scream and the sight of the bloodC G My son he saw as the animal diedF G In the jaws of the dog as the river ran byAm G F I said, "Come back soon." [Instrumental]C F C F G C F [Verse 2]C G F It's there on the page of the book that I readC G F The boy grew up and the yearling was deadC G He stood at the gate with the angel on guardF G And wept for the death of his little boy heartAm G F I say, "Come back soon.”Am G F Am G F Come back soon [Chorus]G Am F We wake in the night in the womb of the worldAm G F We beat our fists on the doorG Am F We cannot breathe in this sea that swirlsAm G F So we groan in this great darknessC F G For deliveranceC F G Deliverance, O Lord [Instrumental]C F C F G C F [Verse 3]C G F I sit on the bench at the bend in the trailC G F And I can feel in the fall the final exhaleC G The trees of the field all wring their handsF G And the leaves go by like a funeral bandAm G F I say, "Come back soon.”Am G F Come back soon [Instrumental] Am G F (x2) [Chorus]G Am F We wake in the night in the womb of the worldAm G F We beat our fists on the doorG Am F We cannot breathe in this sea that swirlsAm G F So we groan in this great darknessAm G F Are we alone in this great darkness? [Outro]G Am F Am G F G Am F [Verse 4]C G F If nature's red in tooth and in clawC G F Then it seems to me that she's an outlawC G 'Cause every death is a question markF G At the end of the book of a beating heartAm G And the answer is scrawled in the silent darkF G On the dome of the sky in a billion starsAm G But we cannot read these angel tonguesF G And we cannot stare at the burning sunAm G And we cannot breathe with these broken lungsF G So we kick in the womb and we beg to be bornAm F G Deliverance!Am F G Deliverance, O Lord!Am F G Deliverance!
Come Back Soon
Andrew Peterson
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