South St. Hymnal Songtext
von Thieves and Villains

I see his father now from time to time*
He wears a smile but you can′t undress the sadness from those eyes,
He haunts a drink and wants something to believe.
He says, "God took everything, everything from me."

And all the good is gone
Been lonesome for so long
And I can't hear the choir singing now
Just those chains I drag along.

And I breathed my life into this child,
He was young, he was brilliant, bright, and wild
I was a fool to think I′d ever see the day he'd become a better man than me,
And carry on my name.


And all the good is gone
Been lonesome for so long
I can't hear that choir singing now
Just those chains I drag along.

Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
I′ve been down this road before
And my heart, it took a toll.

When all the good is gone,
Been lonesome for so long
And I can′t hear that choir singing now
Just those chains I drag along.

Hallelujah,
Hallelujah,
I walked down, this road alone
When this town, it felt like home.