First came a woman to get the child
and carry it all the way home.
Make it and carry who's ever conceived,
an d carry them all the way home.
They say we live alone, we die alone,
that everyone here was born alone, but there was
There's a woman who carried the child and
carried them all the way home.
First, there's a woman, all through the night,
who prays an d delivers the sun.
One who's been ready to en ter a world and live
un til everything's done, an other soul
to bear.
A cross we share.
And now and then some body
with a crown we wear.
But first there's
a woman who carries the child,
and carries them all the way
home.
First came the woman who follows a man
and lives for the light in his eye s.
Usu ally willing, she dreams to fulfill the great prophecies of the skies,
and so is everything
given to see she wants to be
what he wants to be
But first, there's a wo
man who fol lows a man
First, there's a woman
who follows
Follows a man an d follows
him all the way home
First there's