Something's happened, now you're far away 

You had to leave, no time to explain 

I called Brother said, "Mother's gone

The Red Bird came and took her off" 

I asked, "Will she be in heaven above? 

All over my shoulder like a carrier dove?" 



He said, "One, two, three, four, 

There ain't no devil, there ain't no Lord. 

Five, six, seven, eight, 

Only love, only hate." 



I went to a preacher to seek the truth 

The wisest man that I knew 

The preacher had fallen, his colar torn 

He slept with a bottle, his face unshorn

He looked at me with bloodshot eyes 

A beaten man can tell no lies 



He said, "Prophets, pimps, angels, whores, 

There ain't no devil, there ain't no Lord. 

Money grows to fill the preacher's bank 

He saves your soul for himself to take." 



I travelled the world to understand 

The words he spoke were no man's 

I came to an island of beauty and pain 

Shimmering souls, untamed 

And now the children, talking bright 

Sing to me in the night 



They sing, "One, two, three, four, 

There ain't no devil, there ain't no Lord. 

Five, six, seven, eight, 

Invisible ones guard the gate. 

Invisible ones guard the gate."