Hangman Lyrics

My dear brother, can you hear them sing

The voices blowing in the wind of day

All the roads are closed off, they say

And I feel so very broke up

My dear father, can you hear me pray

Screaming seas and no sight of bay

The weight, the burden, colors me gray

And I feel so very broke up

Oh, hangman, hangman, can I have my say

I've never felt the force from above

And the only way poor John could be saved

Was the love of a farmer's daughter

My dear lover, have you heard the sound

The rivers are whispering out loud

Your lack of faith has put me underground

And I feel so very broke up

A beggar's scowling me in our town

Preachers preached in the streets out loud

And all of their words I'm drowning out

As I feel marooned and broke up

Oh, hangman, hangman, can I have my say

I've never felt the force from above

And the only way poor John could be saved

Was the love of a farmer's daughter

Howling wolves are fighting their chains

In the mountains' shadow I'll stay

Don't look for me, I'm off to pray

As I feel so very broke up

And I feel marooned and broke up