Freedom Hangs Like Heaven

Mary, carry your babe 
Bound up tight like lips around a whimper 
Your fingers over my face 
Blind eyed Samson driven to the temple 
And night birds digging until dawn 
Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone 
Ain't nobody knows what the newborn holds 
But his mama says he'll walk on water 
And wander back home 

Mary, carry your shame 
Well past all those eyes across the avenue 
Fish [bad word] from rain 
You know i'll do anything you want me to 
Lamp oil lovers may say 
"freedom hangs like heaven over everyone" 
Ain't nobody knows what the newborn holds 
But his papa's going to hide shaking gristle 
And shaking like bone 

Mary, carry my name 
Hoof marks hacked up all i had to offer you 
Looked all over this place 
Lost your portrait lately when the winter blew 
In like herod and them 
Freedom hangs like heaven over everyone 
Ain't nobody knows what the newborn holds 
But a dollar says he'll lick that devil 
And do it alone