Night Comes On Judy Collins

I went down to the place
Where I knew, she lay waiting
Under the marble and the snow

I said, "Mother I'm frightened
The thunder and the lightning
I'll never come through this alone"

She said, "I'll be with you
My shawl wrapped around you
My hand on your head when you go"

And the night came on, it was very calm
I wanted the night to go on and on
But she said, "Go back, go back to the world"

We were fighting in Egypt
When they signed this agreement
That nobody else had to die

There was this terrible sound
And my father went down
With a terrible wound in his side

He said, "Try to go on
Take my books, take my gun
And remember, my son, how they lied"