Vito's Ordination Song
I always knew you
In your mothers arms
I have called your name
I have an idea
Placed in your mind
To be a better man
I've made a crown for you
Put it in your room
And when the bridegroom comes
There will be noise
There will be glad
And a perfect bed
And when you write a poem
I know the words
I know the sounds
Before you write it down
When you wear your clothes
I wear them too
I wear your shoes
And your jacket too
I always knew you
In your mothers arms
I have called you son
I've made amends
Between father and son
Or, if you haven't one
Rest in my arms
Sleep in my bed
There is a design
To what I did and said
In your mothers arms
I have called your name
I have an idea
Placed in your mind
To be a better man
I've made a crown for you
Put it in your room
And when the bridegroom comes
There will be noise
There will be glad
And a perfect bed
And when you write a poem
I know the words
I know the sounds
Before you write it down
When you wear your clothes
I wear them too
I wear your shoes
And your jacket too
I always knew you
In your mothers arms
I have called you son
I've made amends
Between father and son
Or, if you haven't one
Rest in my arms
Sleep in my bed
There is a design
To what I did and said
More Lyrics From The Album
- 01. Flint (For the Unemployed and Underpaid)
- 02. All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
- 03. For the Widows in Paradise, For the Fatherless in Ypsilanti
- 04. Say Yes! to Michigan!
- 05. The Upper Peninsula
- 06. Tahquamenon Falls
- 07. Holland
- 08. Detroit, Lift Up Your Weary Head! (Rebuild! Restore! Reconsider!)
- 09. Romulus
- 10. Alanson, Crooked River
- 11. Sleeping Bear, Sault Saint Marie
- 12. They Also Mourn Who Do Not Wear Black (For the Homeless in Muskegon)
- 13. Oh God, Where Are You Now? (In Pickeral Lake? Pigeon? Marquette? Mackinaw?)
- 14. Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)
- 15. Vito's Ordination Song
