There is a house in New Orleans
They call the silver dawn
It's been the ruin
Of many a poor boy
And God I know I'm one
I cried to my daddy on the telephone, “how long now?â€
“Until the clouds unroll and you come home,†the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent, your descent
(Instrumental)
I cried to my daddy on the telephone “How long now?â€
“Until the clouds unroll and you come home†the line went
But the shadows still remain since your descent, your descent yeah, yeah
The saints are coming
The saints are coming
I say no matter how I try
I realize there's no reply
The saints are coming
The saints are coming
I say no matter how I try
I realize there's no reply
Living like birds in magnolia trees
A child on a rooftop
A mother on her knees
Her sign reads
Please, I am an American
Drowning sorrow floods the deepest grief, how long now
Until a weather change condemns belief, how long now
When the night watchman lets in the thief, what's wrong now
The saints are coming
The saints are coming
I say no matter how I try
I realize there's no reply
The saints are coming
The saints are coming
I say no matter how I try
I realize there's no reply
I say no matter how I try
I realize there's no reply
I say no matter how I try
I realize there's no reply...
