[Verse 1]
I was bone-tired walking
Dust on my tongue
Heart like a locked church
Bell never rung
Down by the graveyard
I laid my shame
Heard an old tune humming
Calling my name
[Chorus]
Swing low
Swing low
Graveyard hallelujah
I was lost
So lost
Now I stagger in grace
Swing low
Swing low
Graveyard hallelujah
Amazing grace
On this busted-up face
[Verse 2]
There was an old choir broken
On splintered pews
Boot-heels for organ
Hands keeping time in two
We sang for the lonely
We sang for the mean
We sang till the dirt road
Turned to a shining stream
[Chorus]
Swing low
Swing low
Graveyard hallelujah
I was blind
Stone blind
Now I swear I see
Swing low
Swing low
Graveyard hallelujah
Amazing grace
Come and carry me
[Bridge]
Oh the sky bent down
Like a mother at the bedside
Oh the dark backed off
Like dogs from the firelight
If a fool like me
Can be folded in and held
Then every rusted soul
Got a story to tell
[Outro]
Swing low
Swing low
Graveyard hallelujah
Amazing grace
In a rusted throat
Swing low
Swing low
Graveyard hallelujah
Take this wandering heart
Take it home
Take it home