| The red October Skies are threatning And they never blind nor bluff The Earth is good but dead and dry The Wind blows restless, the seas too rough My eyes deceive me, I know they do They shadow over in purple clouds All that I once knew And when the bastard Is praised in glory, The hero is stoned to death All is in ruin, sick and gory 'Till every man breathes his last breath I'm headed ever home But it's never twice the same Fields stained with blood and tears And the familiar reek of shame And the ancient drum beats steady And my old heart beats too But just like false gold turns your skin green This place turns my old heart blue The red October skies are threatning But they may be posing a bluff Lord, hold my hand through the purple clouds It's not yet time for my flame to be snuffed |