The Kingdom Has Already Come Lyrics - Sing The Delta - Iris Dement

I stopped in the church to pray, It was the middle of the day 

And I dont even know if I believe in God But I laid my soul on the table 

And left that place believing I was able to pull back the curtain my old fears had drawn 

I was out on the fourth of July when I saw those kids I just had to cry 

The whole town was blazing in the summers heat 

But out in front of a row of run down shacks they had that fire hydrant uncapped 

Baptizing their bodies right there in the street 

Theres a tree outside my window It sings when wind blows 

Ive got water and fire I know sorrow I feel desire 

And could it be that the kingdom has already come 

We all see good and bad in everything that we have 

But life is waiting just behind that veil if this will be loved and that will be hated 

The soul is left to struggle segregated 

Trapped in the harbor too weighted down to sail 

Theres a tree outside my window It sings when wind blows 

Ive got water and fire I know sorrow I feel desire 

And could it be that the kingdom has already come 

We all see good and bad in everything that we have