Penance Nine Leaves

[Verse 1: Harris Stang]
Pound pound was the loud sound
Down with the gavel’s end
Silencing the crowd’s loud chattering
Within the court galley
And gathered in to hear the judge hading him a given sentence
For sins with no forgiving penance
Tick tock went the clock from the juror’s box
As they sit and watch and listen
For a form of hidden admittance
On facts forcing acquittance
I forward the bench
Sit in the stand
The bailiff gets there and stands
I swear and lift up my hand
The victim’s fam is sitting position up front
What they wish me wicked I want
No fear can fit me or flaunt
Thеse feelings fixed in my heart
Thеy’re here to hear out my part
As I get near to the start of my confession

[Chorus: Heather Hemsey]
God forgive me for I have sinned
It’s been six months since my last confession
There is nowhere that I can run to
My soul I place in your hands