Ain't No Grave (feat. Mavis Staples)

I looked death dead in the eye as he passed me by

See you later, son, here for your father

Come for you later, here for your father

When the day comes death comes back my way

I would hope to be as brave as he was on Judgement Day

I would hope to be as brave as he was on Judgement Day

Ain't no grave hold this body down

No grave hold this body down

Ain't no grave hold this body down

Blessed are their mother, he was her heart

Comes a time soulmates must part

Been side by side from the start

She gave you strength to carry through

Face the one thing we all have to do

Face the one thing we all have to do

I would hope to be as brave as she was on Judgement Day

Ain'tno grave hold this body down

No grave hold this body down

Ain'tno grave hold this body down

It has been my great fortune

To know two of the great men

I've heard the music of us fuse

I've heard the music of us fuse

I'm unwrapped up in it and I have no fear

I've heard the music of us fuse

If I had my way he'd be here today

To sit down at the piano and play

Sit down at the piano and play

See him in the face of my newborn baby child

Wheel of time spinning in the sky

Baby girl looks me straight in the eye

I would hope to be as brave as she was on judgement day

Ain'tno grave hold this body down

No grave hold this body down

Ain'tno grave hold this body down

Ain'tno grave hold this body down

No grave hold this body down

Ain'tno grave hold this body down