Manitoba Lyrics - Frank Black And The Catholics

Up in Manitoba 

The sky was very blue 

The people were a few 

And nights were getting colder 

And when I heard the sound 

Saw the sky turn red 

I got up from my bed 

And I wandered far from town 

I have seen the face of God 

And I was not afraid 

I have seen the face of God 

And I have dearly paid 

Darkness came I couldn't see 

I had no light to follow 

I slept inside the hollow 

Of a dead and fallen tree 

I'll tell you how three days I tried 

To wake my up, ah, but no 

My flesh had turned to snow 

And I thought I had died 

For I have seen the face of God 

And I was not afraid 

I have seen the face of God 

And I have dearly paid 

And though I had it rough 

They got me home in time 

And they gave me homemade wine 

But it was not enough 

The cold had made me dumb 

And I was sent away 

These walls are here today 

For fifty years and some 

Yes, I have seen the face of God 

And I was not afraid 

I have seen the face of God 

And I have dearly paid 

I have seen the face of God 

And I was not afraid 

I have seen the face of God 

And I have dearly paid