Mother, I Climbed Lyrics - Flower Of Avalon - Tracy Grammer

On tomorrow's painted wagon, in a yester-dreamin' day 

I rode to heaven never thinkin' I'd be back this way 

Now I'm standin' at your doorstep with my halo turnin' grey 

Open up your gate, Marianna 

CHORUS: 

Lay me down in the dark womb of your love 

Mother I sought the chosen people, but I found no one to comfort me 

Lay me down in the dark womb of your love 

Mother I climbed the highest steeple, I found nothin' to believe 

When they called my faults against the wall I took my place in line 

And put my trust in priestly men to break the ties that bind 

But their straight and narrow highway's just a row of billboard signs 

Open up your gate, Marianna 

CHORUS 

So I set my feet to walkin' from the sidewalk to the sand 

In search of any saint or sage who knew the master plan 

Yeah, I wandered every backroad in that broken promise land 

Open up your gate, Marianna 

CHOURS 

As lightnin' burns these bridges under, smoke will surely rise 

And the fables of my innocence blow lazy through the skies 

When timeless truths reveal themselves as little more than lies 

Open up your gate, Marianna 

CHORUS 

Sticks and stones might break this body and words might wound my soul 

And phantom visions fly me where the faithful fear to go 

But when this story's over and my sun is sinkin' low 

Open up your gate, marianna 

CHOURS 

Mother I climbed the holy mountain, I found nothin' to believe