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    "On The Road To Calvary (For Jeff Buckley"genre: Rock
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    A song dedicated to Jeff Buckley. No Depression magazine wrote: "...a sweeping, majestic ballad, an epiphany really, with a spiritual dimension almost never heard in pop music." Lucinda Williams said: "On The Road To Calvary is one of the most, if not the most beautiful songs I have ever heard!"
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    CD: Beautiful Wreck Of The World   Label: River House Records
    Credits: Willie Nile

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    On The Road To Calvary (For Jeff Buckley)
    (Willie Nile)

    I saw Saint Christopher walkin' downtown on Main
    with Black Madonna fingers holding a flame
    I saw an eagle rising out of the blue
    I heard a car crash it reminded me of you

    I saw a baby starve in North Africa
    too weak to cry her tears fell down on the straw
    I saw this orphan lift her vagabond eyes
    Right at that moment I came to realize that

    You carry me across the mighty river
    You lift me up above the raging sea
    You give me all this love that you deliver
    Straight to my back porch on the road to Calvary

    I saw a rich man with his bracelets of gold
    Four cars a yacht yes and a mistress I'm told
    Somewhere a restless wind blows far out to sea
    Somewhere there is a place for you and for me cause

    You carry me across the mighty river
    You lift me up above the raging sea
    You give me all this love that you deliver
    Straight to my back porch on the road to Calvary

    Now if you're wonderin' where I was last night
    With Black Madonna yeah she gave me a light
    I guess there's not a whole lot more I can say
    Just tell Saint Christopher we're all on our way cause

    You carry me across the mighty river
    You lift me up above the raging sea
    You give me all this love that you deliver
    Straight to my back porch on the road to Calvary

    ©2000 Willie Nile Music (ASCAP)

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