When the clouds hang heavy and it looks like rain
O Lord, how long ?
Well, the sun’s drawing water from every vein
O Lord, how long ?

About this time another year
I may be gone
Within some lonely graveyard
O Lord, how long ?

If I had prayed when I was young
O Lord, how long ?
Well, I would not ’ve had such a hard race to run
O Lord, how long ?