Saints Preserve Us Lyrics - Marc Cohn

I could hear the shutters banging in my mother's house 

And the wind just kept blowing off the lake 

I ran down to the front door and told the ambulance man 

"Everything's all right here Sir, there must be some mistake" 

Saints preserve us, we're all going down 

This ship is sinking in the sea 

Saints preserve us and carry us along 

For we may be together in eternity 

My father was staring off into another world 

And my mother she was laying very still 

The baby was crying and I tried to block it out 

Then from somewhere deep inside me, came a deathly chill 

Saints preserve us, wherever we may fall 

This is all too big a mystery 

I remember I was standing in the corner of the room 

Saying, "Look at how she's leaving us so quietly, so soon" 

And in her final hour 

I saw her reaching up her hands, oh yeah 

Like she was asking to be taken high above us 

Didn't she love us? 

Saints preserve us, we're all going down 

This ship is sinking in the sea 

Saints preserve us and carry us along 

For we may be together 

Saints preserve us 

Saints preserve us 

Wherever we may fall 

Saints preserve us 

Saints preserve us 

And carry us along