Josh Ritter Noah's Children Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Split-level ranch on a mid-level street
Mailboxes huddled where the cul-de-sac meets
And nothin' ever happens, so we're led to believe

So I couldn't believe it as I opened the door
I'd never imagined something like that before
And though it was real it was so much more

[Chorus]
She's says the world's endin' but it's ending all the time
Noah's children'll come out of thе water a little wiser
Down thе line

[Verse 2]
Between him and me, should've got some gone
Always whistelin' his little song
Thought he had us in his pocket, girl he got that wrong

All the way to the water, she just sat and stared
Perfume that he bought her still caught in her hair
And neither of us talkin' about what we got back there

[Chorus]
She's says the world's endin' but it's ending all the time
Noah's children'll come out of the water a little wiser
Down the line

[Post-Chorus]
Mother Mary (Mary)
Mother Mary (Mary)
Mother Mary (Mary)
Mother Mary (Mary) Mother Mary I ain't asked
Much from you now that time's past
Forgive your sisters for what they'll do
Cause you'd'a done the same thing too

(Same, same thing) Same thing
(Same, same thing)
(Same, same thing)

[Verse 3]
Easter time and the world is new
Lillies of the valley and the daffodils bloom
And the stone rolled away and the angels singin'

We're back up to the river in the pickup truck
He'll be dead for forever and he ain't gettin' up
But if he ever comes back, better come back swingin'

[Chorus]
She's says the world's endin' but it's ending all the time
Noah's children'll come out of the water a little wiser
Down the line

[Post-Chorus]
Mother Mary (Mary)
Mother Mary (Mary)
Mother Mary (Mary)
Mother Mary (Mary)
Mother Mary I ain't asked
Much from you now that time's past
Forgive your sisters for what they'll do
Cause you'd'a done the same thing too

(Same, same thing) Same thing
(Same, same thing)