All the widows watch   Through all window sills   Hair raisin' in every room   Up the street come a walkin' chill   An' you ask for nothin'   'Cept to be by my side      See my tears, good father   Will they wash it away   All my dirt from your holy feet   No, I don't believe it works that way   'Cause you ask for nothin'   'Cept to be by my side      I seen you in the river   Before God an' man   Held by the holy hand of winter   Brought low by winter's holy hand      Yes, my sister girl   I know that it is true   You see me with the Lord's eye, girl   An' you see right through   An' you ask for nothin'   Is there somethin' behind my eyes?      I can look good, I swear   When the spirit blows   All ore an' all through, yeah   My wretched bones   An' you ask for nothin'   'Cept to be by my side love      I seen you in the river   Before God an' man   Held by the holy hand of winter   Brought low by winter's holy hand