Manitoba Songtext

von Frank Black

Up in Manitoba
The sky was very blue
The people were a few
And nights were never colder

Once I heard a wailing sound
The sky had turned to red
So I got up from my bed
And I wandered far from town

I have seen the face of God
And I was not afraid
I have seen the face of God
And I have dearly paid

Darkness came, I couldn't see
I had no light to follow
I slept inside the hollow
Of a dead and fallen tree

I tell you how three days I tried
To wake me up? Oh, but no
My flesh had turned to snow
And I thought had died

For I have seen the face of God
And I was not afraid
I have seen the face of God
And I have dearly paid