One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend) Lyrics

This is how I'll tell it Oh, but it's long. One Sunday Morning Oh, one son is gone. I can see where it's dawning Over the sea My father said what I had become No one should be. Outside I look lived in Like bones in a shrine How am I forgiven? Oh, I'll give it time. Lesson learned without warning Holding my brow In time he thought I would kill him Oh, but I didn't know how. I said it's your God I don't believe in No, your Bible can't be true. Knocked down by the long life He cried out, i fear what waits for you. I can hear those bells Spoken and gone. I feel relief if I feel well Now he knows he was wrong. I am cold for my father Frozen underground Jesus I wouldn't bother He belongs to me now. Something sad keeps moving So I wandered around. I fell in love with the burden Holding me down. Bless my mind, I miss Being told how to live. What I learned without knowing How much more I owe than I can give. This is how I tell it Oh, but it's wrong. One Sunday morning One son is gone.