Crowns to Come

Who Gives The Crowns
Lyrics by Brian Newman
Dedicated to Nancy Foust Who Passed Away Feb. 12, 2011

Today it has come, the end of your line. 
Burned all your days down, turned to smoke all your time.
You’ve left us a long trail of love-I hope your children will follow behind
Brought Faith like a Stone, it doesn’t shake-I hope its stays when in blows the night

What Will We Remember,
The Laughter and Grief
With Strings on our Fingers
With Stones from the Ground
With Books full of Pictures
With Ghosts of the Good Times that Linger Around

Chorus:
What We Will Remember,
It Doesn’t Matter
Cause G-d Gives the Crowns
No Matter How the Ravens Steal Good Seeds from Their Ground

Today it has come, for the final drive
Knock on the door, after this morning/mourning it won’t open twice
You’ve Left us some Rumors, Inuendos to find
Girl They’ll say You were Crazy, They’ll say You were Wild
They’ll never know You
How you ran a Good Race, How You Gave it a Helluva of Fight
Or How You did your Best With the Thorns in your Side

What Will They Remember,
It doesn’t Matter
Cause G-d Gives the Crowns
No Matter the Rumors, Come Flying Around

One Hundred Years Undone, the End of Our Time
Wicked and the Righteous, Their Choice’s Are Spent Can’t Use Them Again,
When the Day of Judgment Arrives
You’ve Left a Long Trail of Love- I know that your Maker Will Find
The Bad and the Good are All Under His Blood
And You did your Best With the Thorns In Your Side

Chorus:
Yes He Will Remember,
All of these Matters
Cause He Gives the Crowns

When the Last of Man’s Day, Come Circling Around