The bough branch sways
in the wind it's shaken
everybody learns
it's out of dust
we were once taken
it's to dust we shall return
naked I came
from my mama's womb
naked I'll return some day
the lord god gives
this life to live
man he takes away

Mary's well
Mary's well
atop Faith's hill
where the water
is plentiful still
Mary's well

man brought sin
into the world
hate it came with sin
blood flows hard
like a driving rain
boots and clubs
they break the skin

Mary's well
Mary's well
atop Faith's hill
where the water
is plentiful still
Mary's well

the bough branch sways
in the wind it's shaken
everybody learns
it's out of dust
we were once taken
it's to dust we shall return
naked I came
from my mama's womb
naked I'll return some day
the lord god gives
this life to live
man he takes away

Mary's well
Mary's well
atop Faith's hill
where the water
is plentiful still
Mary's well

© 1999 Zen of Iniquity Publishing/
Jalapeno Cornbread (BMI)