Innocence and suffering loneliness and grace
Pain and love and beauty laughter death and faith
Where the rising fortune meets the setting sun
Im afraid my friend when one is left its just the same as none
I will always stand beside you
Defend you and mend you sanctify you
Ill hold you and keep you and fight beside you
Ill follow you down love Im right behind you
God make her road straight God make her road true
Saint Isabelle is coming through
God make her road straight God make her road true
Saint Isabelle is coming through
The textbooks on the table the radios on the shelf
And thank you for the offer but Ill sing this one myself
In reverential silence the crowd sat in the pews
I climbed and climbed for hours but oh my what a view
I will always stand beside you
Defend you and mend you sanctify you
Ill hold you and keep you and fight beside you
Ill follow you down love Im right behind you
God make her road straight God make her road true
Saint Isabelle is coming through
God make a road straight God make a road true
Saint Isabelle is coming through
Im surprised you didnt come forward when the cops dragged me away
Theres a museum in the Netherlands I hope to see again someday
Theres a painting of a woman gathering wood its almost dark
In a world bereft of meaning theres a flicker in the hearth
I will always stand beside you
Defend you and mend you sanctify you
Ill hold you and keep you and fight beside you
Ill follow you down love Im right behind you
God make her road straight, God make her road true
Saint Isabelle is coming through
God make a road straight God make a road true
Saint Isabelle is coming through