Stillborn Lyrics - Kind Hearted Woman - Michelle Shocked

Midnight and Yoland has a long walk home 

Midwifing a hard labor the baby was stillborn 

Still the mother asks to hold the child that never cries 

Rocks it gently softly keening a plaintive lullaby, hush 

Yolanda walks along the river road 

Humming softly, "Were you there when they crucified my Lord?" 

The sky has never shined so bright, the night so dry and clear 

Crickets and cicadas consolations in the air 

Yolanda's husband wakes the children and dresses them for school 

Your mother was up late last night, I've packed your lunch for you 

So the house lies silent and they all will be home soon 

By the time she rises in the early afternoon 

Then once again Yolanda walks along the river road 

Where the live oaks are dying, pines are crying, sits beneath a willow 

Prying from that tender trunk a dry cicada shell 

Crushes it in her fist as the sound begins to swell