All the widows watch
   through all window sills
   hair raisin' in every room
   up the street come a walkin' chill
   an' you ask for nothin'
   'cept to be by my side
  
   see my tears good father
   will they wash it away
   all my dirt from your holy feet
   no i don't believe it works that way
   'cause you ask for nothin'
   'cept to be by my side
  
   i seen you in the river
   before god an' man
   held by the holy hand of winter
   brought low by winter's holy hand
  
   yes my sister girl
   i know that it is true
   you see me with the lord's eye girl
   an' you see right through
   an' you ask for nothin'
   is there somethin' behind my eyes
  
   i can look good i swear
   when the spirit blows
   all ore an' all through yeah
   my wretched bones
   an' you ask for nothin'
   'cept to be by my side love
  
   i seen you in the river
   before god an' man
   held by the holy hand of winter
   brought low by winter's holy hand