Текст песни: Day of Reckoning + перевод

They say the wages of sin is death

And the stain is handed down through the generations

But Papa, he couldn’t help himself

So I live with the threat of damnation

He hoarded his wheat and his gold

Even when the neighbors were starvin'

He claimed he was named by the Lord

But all the while it was Satan who had charmed him

I hear the angels beckoning

And I fear the day of reckoning

When the sins of the father are borne by the child

I hear the angels beckoning

And I fear the day of reckoning

When the truth that we’ve buried can no longer be denied

My mother she stood by his side

She was his good servant and help mate

She chose to remain dumb and blind

And in so doing, she sealed her own fate

I hear the angels beckoning

And I fear the day of reckoning

When the sins of the father are borne by the child

I hear the angels beckoning

And I fear the day of reckoning

When the truth that we’ve buried can no longer be denied

Now papa he died in his sleep

They think it was his heart up and failed him

I overheard the postman say

He was blessed to pass before they jailed him

I hear the angels beckoning

And I fear the day of reckoning

When the sins of the father are borne by the child

I hear the angels beckoning

And I fear the day of reckoning

When the truth that we’ve buried can no longer be denied

Denied, denied, denied

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