Well, we all remember Moses on the banks of the river

He said "Pharaoh, you've got to let my people go.

You don't want me to have to tell you this ten times over--

Denial ain't just a river, you know"


And we all remember Pharaoh, he just wouldn't do it

So the plagues they came upon Egypt one by one

His heart was hard and the other nine just couldn't move it

So the last was the worst: the death of the firstborn son


But the Lord, he gave to Moses a word for the people

He said their firstborn sons could live to see another day

"Put the blood of a lamb on the doorway and death will pass right over"

That night all of the children of Israel prayed,


"Lord, let your judgment Passover us

Lord, let your love hover near

Don't let your sweet mercy Passover us

Let this blood cover over us here"



So the years went by and the people they whined and they wandered

And only sacrifice atoned for the sins of the land

So you see the priest he placed upon the holy altar

The body of a spotless lamb

And he prayed,


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