Jerusalem Road
from Little Victories by Sid Griffin
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Written by Sid Griffin and Pat McGarvey
lyrics
Will you help me brother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
It runs right by the factory n' its brown and turgid streams
It lays right by the crooked brook n' its smokestacks full of steam
Its pavement full of pounding hoofs n' concrete cracked so mean
Its cobblestone past quiet homes filled with small town dreams
Will you help me brother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
When favoured sons with all their guns have to lay down swords
When Washington sleeps in the sun peaceful with no chore
When foreign lands with desert sands can feed all of their poor
When every living breathing thing won't have to cry for more
I can see it in the evening as the night comes fadin' in
I can feel it in the morning as the day wakes to begin
Will you help me brother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
If everything is said and done n' paid out at the till
If thoughts were trials and some of us suffered for free will
If one and one and one and one added up to nil
If all the love that's in this world could just once hold her still
Will you help me brother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Jerusalem Road Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
It runs right by the factory n' its brown and turgid streams
It lays right by the crooked brook n' its smokestacks full of steam
Its pavement full of pounding hoofs n' concrete cracked so mean
Its cobblestone past quiet homes filled with small town dreams
Will you help me brother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
When favoured sons with all their guns have to lay down swords
When Washington sleeps in the sun peaceful with no chore
When foreign lands with desert sands can feed all of their poor
When every living breathing thing won't have to cry for more
I can see it in the evening as the night comes fadin' in
I can feel it in the morning as the day wakes to begin
Will you help me brother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
If everything is said and done n' paid out at the till
If thoughts were trials and some of us suffered for free will
If one and one and one and one added up to nil
If all the love that's in this world could just once hold her still
Will you help me brother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Will you help me mother? walkin' down Jerusalem Road
Jerusalem Road Jerusalem Road
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from Little Victories,
released July 2, 2020
© Sid Griffin and Pat McGarvey
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
© Sid Griffin and Pat McGarvey
Published by Coal Train Tunes/Bug Music Ltd
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Sid Griffin London, UK
Yep, I'm the guy from the Americana founders the Long Ryders in 1980s L.A. & the guy in the first ever alt-bluegrass act, the Coal Porters, recently out of London. You bet make solo albums & perform singer-songwriter gigs, I’ve toured solo from London to Los Angeles to Sydney to Hong Kong to Helsinki too. Million Dollar Bash is my well-received book on The Basement Tapes and I've never met Dylan. ... more
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