Jericho Lyrics - Slingshot Professionals - Kelly Joe Phelps

It was not two days, night and a day 

And I look back at the man I was before 

A sorry stranger banged up on a shore 

Your warm arms tore the walls down 

Your warm arms tore the walls down 

A devil with the damned things anyway 

They were of no use, I'm just a frame 

From there he would watch, watch only 

Not taking a part in the world 

Oh, not taking a part in the world 

I sold my mule, bale of hay 

These shoes left tattered and worn 

They'd carry me to heaven or they'd walk straight to a hole 

I didn't see you coming 'til I heard you there 

I didn't see you coming 'til I heard you there 

In one single breath, in two or three words 

The old man crossed the bridge and down the side 

And I was left standing holding my sword 

Dropped it on the ground, I didn't need it anymore 

Dropped it on the ground, I didn't need it anymore 

A soul to sink into, washing mine clean 

I rolled like a hog on holiday 

Laughing boy laugh, smiling boy smile 

This was no usual day 

Mmm, this was no usual day 

My hunch back over straight back, my eyes on fire 

Then I finally remembered what living used to be like 

Playing in the ocean, popping rhythms with your hands 

Turned the key in the lock and the door swung wide 

Turned the key in the lock and the door swung wide 

And what did we find inside? 

A man with a reinvented view 

No shirt, no pants, the old hang bird is skinned 

He's floating in a cooking pot 

Body's floating in a cooking pot 

You stabbed me with honesty, passion and peace 

And a will to move on legs of steel 

Arms like Popeye and giddy like Olive 

Dancing like a sweet pea with a wide open grin 

Now I begin retelling the story of a lost boy in chains 

Saved by a girl