Ricky Skaggs - Seven Hillsides Lyrics
(Written by Walt Wilkins)All night I've wrestled Jacob's angelsAnd prayed with Matthew, Luke and JohnStruggling to find the words you face the taskThat comes upon the blood red dawn.I've buried men before their timeOf alcohol and blackened lungBut how to bury seven of theseAppalachian miners sons.Who stormed the beaches wave on wave,And sailed home to these rocky gravesIn family plots that bared their names.Chorus:Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsidesTremble before my flock on seven hillsidesSeven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and every oneWill turn to me for the word of God, what does this mean?And there I'll stand good book in hand,A shepherd to these precious lambsWhat will I say, what will I say, what can I say?To tell the truth I'd never thought muchAbout the will of God before.Called to preach at seventeenI was in love with fiery words and not much more.The time has come to keep the faithFor others shattered by their loss.Remind them of the loving GodWhose son like theirs paid the cost.To save a sad and wicked worldThrough sacrifice our love is heardAnd pray that I believe those words.Chorus:Tomorrow I'll walk up, seven hillsidesTremble before my flock on seven hillsidesSeven sorrows, seven sons, seven mothers and every oneWill turn to me for the word of God, what does this mean?...
