I Was Born

I was born in the Vale of Angels

By the sea in the year 1974

In before of time for Christmas

To my father Hugh and my mother Anna Jean

For a while I walked in the ways of Jesus

Served me well enough it seems

Come to find Jesus doesn't need us

To be any more than we need him to be

I've heard talk like they knew about heaven

I can't help but seed the seams

And we could pull that thread and make two cloths to clean us

So all that I know is all I'll tell to thee

I was born in the Vale of Angels

By the sea in the year 1974

In before of time for Christmas

To my father Hugh and my mother Anna Jean

I was at war with that wild religion

And it revealed itself to me

And it slapped me sore enough to make some good decisions

Give me ears to hear and eyes by which to see

Oh, and I heard talk about a hell beneath us

Fires burn for eternity

But we're all just dust for those around to see us

So all that I know is all I tell to be

I was born in the Vale of Angels

By the sea in the year 1974

In before of time for Christmas

To my father Hugh and my mother Anna Jean

To my father Hugh and my mother Anna Jean