The Man Comes Around

johnny cash - the man comes around

"and i heard as it were the noise of thunder
one of the four beasts saying come and see and i saw
and behold a white horse"
(revelation 6:1-2)

there's a man going around taking names
and he decides who to free and who to blame
everybody won't be treated quite the same
there will be a golden ladder reaching down

when the man comes around

the hairs on your arm will stand up
at the terror in each sip and each sup
will you partake of that last offered cup
or disappear into the potter's ground

when the man comes around?

hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
one hundred million angels singing
multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
voices calling and voices crying
some are born and some are dying
it's alpha and omega's kingdom come
and the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
the virgins are all trimming their wicks
the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
until armageddon, no shalam, no shalom
then the father hen will call his chickens home
the wise man will bow down before the thorn
and at his feet they will cast the golden crowns

when the man comes around

whoever is unjust let him be unjust still
whoever is righteous let him be righteous still
whoever is filthy let him be filthy still
listen to the words long written down

when the man comes around

hear the trumpets, hear the pipers
one hundred million angels singing
multitudes are marching to a big kettledrum
voices calling and voices crying
some are born and some are dying
it's alpha and omega's kingdom come
and the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
the virgins are all trimming their wicks
the whirlwind is in the thorn trees
it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks
in measured hundred weight and penny pound

when the man comes around

"and i heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts
and i looked and behold, a pale horse
and his name that sat on him was death
and hell followed with him."
(revelations 6:7-8)
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