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And I heard, as it were,

the noise of thunder.

One of four beasts say:

"Come and see!"

And I saw,

and behold

a white horse.

There's a man goin' 'round, takin' names,

and he decides who to free and who to blame.

Everybody won't be treated all the same,

there'll be a golden ladder reaching down,

when the man comes around!

The hairs on your arm will stand up,

at the terror in each sip and in each sup.

Will you partake of that last offered cup

or disappear into the potter's ground,

when the man comes around?

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers,

one hundred million angels singin'.

Multitudes are marching to

the big kettle drum.

Voices callin', voices cryin',

some are born and some are dyin'.

It's Alpha and Omega's Kingdom come

and the whirlwind is in the thorn tree,

the virgins are all trimming their wicks.

The whirlwind is in the thorn tree,

it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Whoever is unjust,

let him be unjust still.

Whoever is righteous,

let him be righteous still.

Whoever is filthy,

let him be filthy still.

Listen to the words long written down,

When the man comes around.

Hear the trumpets, hear the pipers,

one hundred million angels singin'.

Multitudes are marching to

the big kettle drum.

Voices callin', voices cryin',

some are born and some are dyin'.

It's Alpha and Omega's Kingdom come

and the whirlwind is in the thorn tree,

the virgins are all trimming their wicks.

The whirlwind is in the thorn tree,

it's hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

In measured hundredweight

and penny pound,

when the man comes around.

When the man comes around!

The virgins are all trimming their wicks,

when the man comes around!