[00:09.08]If this river be my death bed,
[00:13.64]
[00:18.33]And my words to him be thank you,
[00:23.51]Would the heavens understand?
[00:26.89]All my life I’ve been a good girl,
[00:31.39]Every night I’ve said my prayers
[00:35.95]And I hope that Jesus heard me
[00:41.20]Through all my tears.
[00:46.33]Hears my angels come to take me.
[00:50.07]They are haloed in the light,
[00:55.89]But I wish they’d touch me softly,
[01:00.13]They’re aggressive and they’re uptight.
[01:06.51]Lift me gently
[01:10.89]Or leave me where I am.
[01:16.14]I thought you’d be the hand of God.
[01:20.70]But you’re just the same as Him.
[01:24.39]Lift me gently.
[01:29.56]Please not with human touch.
[01:33.18]Christ knows I’ve had my share alive.
[01:37.87]And it never felt like love
[01:48.31]So I’m face down in this river
[01:52.75]And my body’s cold and useless
[01:56.99]And the angels pull at my soul
[02:01.50]But it's anxious and it's nervous
[02:05.44]And they tell me,
[02:06.93]“You’re not the only one who waits for their delivery,
[02:15.62]And you’re world’s too full of lonely souls.
[02:20.12]And we’re rushed off our feet”,
[02:25.16]But I say, please..
[02:30.73]Lift me gently.
[02:35.02]Or leave me where I am.
[02:39.27]I thought you’d be the hand of God.
[02:44.02]But you’re just the same as Him.
[02:48.14]Lift me gently.
[02:52.40]Please not with human touch.
[02:56.96]Christ knows I’ve had my share alive
[03:01.27]And it never felt like love
[03:18.14]Lift me gently
[03:21.14]Lift me gently