from "Sins of the Father" (2004)

Down by the river redemption was waiting.  Angelic voices rose up to the sky.  And Lord only knows what the preacher was thinkin' when he held down old Yancey McBride.  It took forty-nine years and ten prayer-meetin' women to lead him to that riverside.  He said he believed and trusted in Jesus.  We wondered if maybe he lied.  He came out of the water red-faced and screamin', punchin' the air with all of his might.  He swore he would kill all of us tryin' to drown him.  His old beat-up hat floated clean out of sight.
"Yancey, my son, come take my gun.  Get even for what they have tried.  They sent you right down to the water to drown.  Send them right quick to the other side."
He loaded the 12-gauge, started spinnin' and shootin'; screamin' out scriptures, old Yancey McBride.  
"Tell me what will y'uns do if there's no room in Heaven?  You'll be food for the fishes."  In red water they lied.  The clouds moved away and the light shone upon him.  A vision of souls ascended on high.  He cradled the barrel and his foot found the trigger as he sentenced himself as the last one to die.

Sea Krowns - The Baptism of Yancey McBride

Sea Krowns - Didn't Pick a Card

Sea Krowns - Bulletproofed

Sea Krowns - Caution Dog

from "Three" (2006)

I could bring you fresh flowers every morning.  I promise I won't come home all drunk late at night.  I won't see, hear or speak any evil.  And I swore I would never take a wife. 
I put out my last cigarette and picked up your Bible.  A fool's mouth is his ruin.  Seems a man's always on trial.  When I last saw you laughing, it brought a tear to my eye.  
Eternally nameless, the soul does not die.  Listen my children: light the lamp for yourselves.  If there's no God in Heaven, then this life is your wealth.  One hundred horses pulled you away like rolling thunder through a sky, dark and gray.

Sea Krowns - One Hundred Horses

Sea Krowns - Send in the Krowns

from a midnight performance in the Virginia Fairbanks 100 Acres Nature Park, Indianapolis Museum of Art, 2010

Untitled (live)

from the forthcoming album "Back to the Birds" (2015)

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