Funeral: "There Is a Fountain" / It Don't Make Sense

There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Emmanuel's veins And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains Lose all their guilty stains Lose all their guilty stains And sinners plunged beaneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains The simple white coffin was carried by three of Mary's cousins And three of her young friends (The dying thief) Several more friends volunteered to serve as pall-bearers (Rejoiced to see) But they were deemed too small to shoulder the burden (That fountain in his day) Recent heavy rains made the North Georgia red-clay soil glow (And there may I) As Mary Phagan, just two months shy of fourteen (Though vile as he) Was laid to her final rest (Wash all my sins away) God forgive me what I think God forgive me what I wish, right now Well, you must have known Mary pretty well Yes, sir, I did Then this must be a mighty hard day for you Did ya' ever hear her laugh? When she laughed, you swore you'd never cry again Did ya' ever see her smile? Her smile was like a glass of lemonade And she said funny things And she wore pretty dresses And she liked to see the pictures at the VFW hall And she loved to ride in swings And she liked cotton candy But I think she liked the pictures best of all No, it don't make sense, to me That she won't be around No, it don't make sense, to me To put her in the cold and lonely ground And no, it don't make sense The way the world can let you fall I swear, it don't make sense to me, at all Dear dying lamb, thy precious blood Shall never lose its power She had two crooked teeth She had cuts on her finger She worked next to me last summer Once a week, we used to play And she knew how to read She would smile at the foreman And I can't believe they took my friend away No, it don't make sense, to me That she will not be there (When she laughed you swore you'd never cry again) No, it don't make sense, to me She loved when I tied ribbons in her hair And no, it don't make sense The way the sun can still burn down No, it don't make sense to me God forgive me what I think (Tell me son, you got any idea who it was?) God forgive me what I wish, right now I don't know the coward's name I don't know the bastard's face But I swear right now to God He ain't ever gonna get away With what he done to Mary! Let him quiver in his boots Let him run until he bleeds I won't rest until I know He's burning in the raging fires of hell forever more! There is a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Emmanuel's veins (God forgive me what I think) And sinners plunged beneath that flood Lose all their guilty stains (God forgive me what I wish, right now!)