Fisherman's Lament

by Jodi Jones

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simon peter, you got to understand -
even stone turns into sand.
fear not the night with all its woes,
for the dawn will come when the rooster crows.

who was that man down in galilee?
did you know him upon the tree?
"I know him not," simon peter cried -
"not where he walked, nor how he died."

I saw you there in the olive grove,
where the rabbi prayed in a voice so low.
"It was not I, no it couldn't be.
I ain't never been to gethsemane."

say, aren't you the false king's friend?
oh, weren't you there, a-breaking bread?
"please don't you ask me once again,
I swear to you, I never knew the man."

simon peter, do you love me so?
"of course I do, I thought you knowed."
then listen close to what I say -
I leave my lambs to you 'till judgement day.

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released April 27, 2021
lyrics, vocals, banjo, mountain dulcimer, and guitar ( Jodi Jones )
production and mixing by Nightsound Studios ( Meghan Puryear )

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Jodi Jones Carrboro, North Carolina

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