Redemption Day-Johnny Cash

[00:11.637]I've wept for those who suffer long [00:16.870]But how I weep for those who've gone [00:21.968]Into rooms of grief and questioned wrong [00:26.008]But keep on killing [00:32.334]It's in the soul to feel such things [00:37.557]But weak to watch without speaking [00:42.690]Oh what mercy sadness brings [00:46.891]If God be willing [00:52.021]There is a train that's heading straight [00:57.086]To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate [01:02.217]And on the way, child and man, [01:07.446]And woman wait, watch and wait [01:14.822]For redemption day [01:22.207]Fire rages in the streets [01:26.993]And swallows everything it meets [01:32.274]It's just an image often seen [01:36.394]On television [01:42.617]Come leaders, come you men of great [01:47.796]Let us hear you pontificate [01:52.914]Your many virtues laid to waste [01:56.858]And we aren't listening [02:02.032]There is a train that's heading straight [02:07.110]To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate [02:12.412]And on the way, child and man, [02:17.616]And woman wait, watch and wait [02:24.842]For redemption day [02:31.958]What do you have for us today [02:36.965]Throw us a bone but save the plate [02:42.203]On why we waited til so late [02:47.526]Was there no oil to excavate [02:49.991]No riches in trade for the fate [02:52.724]Of every person who died in hate [02:55.501]Throw us a bone, you men of great [03:01.897]There is a train that's heading straight [03:07.117]To heaven's gate, to heaven's gate [03:12.116]And on the way, child and man, [03:17.243]And woman wait, watch and wait [03:24.696]For redemption day [03:36.795]It's buried in the countryside [03:42.099]It's exploding in the shells at night [03:47.134]It's everywhere a baby cries [03:51.910]Freedom [03:57.037]Freedom [04:02.335]Freedom