Lyrics

13. Before the Devil Finds Us Gone 4:17
music and lyrics by Ernest Troost


He has left the path of righteousness
For dark forbidden ground
He has hunted on the back roads
And preyed on quiet towns

He has left a wake of terror
In flames across the sky
He has made his mark in mud and blood
And heard the angels cry

He follows like a shadow
Darkness closin’ in
He would strip us of salvation
And wrap us in his sin

chorus
We gotta roll, gotta roll now, sister
We gotta roll, gotta roll now, brother
We gotta roll now, children, I fear we’ve stayed too long
We gotta cross the Allegheny ‘fore the devil finds us gone

Our feet and hands are bloodied
Our voices hoarse with screams
We slip into a slumber
And drift into a dream

Hopelessly abandoned
We float amongst the dead
Then rise up spitting silt and sticks
And leap up from our beds

half chorus
We gotta roll, gotta roll now, sister
We gotta roll, gotta roll now, brother, we gotta roll

In the morning the sun is shining
But like a scar that grows inside
The night will creep upon us
Like a cold rising tide

We hide beneath the bridges
We move when darkness falls
We sleep with one eye open
If we sleep at all

chorus
We gotta roll, gotta roll now, sister
We gotta roll, gotta roll now, brother
We gotta roll now, children, I fear we’ve stayed too long
We gotta cross the Allegheny ‘fore the devil finds us gone
We gotta cross the Allegheny ‘fore the devil finds us gone


Ernest Troost, vocals, guitars, pump organ, pandemic brass
Nicole Gordon, harmony
Gary Ferguson, drums