And I heard as it were the noise of thunder   One of the four beasts saying, "Come and see",   And I saw and behold a white horse      There's a man going around taking names   And he decides who to free and who to blame   Everybody won't be treated all the same   There will 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 singing   Multitudes are marching to the big kettledrum   Voices calling, voices crying   Some are born and some are dying   It's Alpha and Omega's kingdom come      And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees   The virgins are all trimming their wicks   The whirlwind is in the thorn trees   It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks   Till Armageddon, no shalam, no shalom      Then the father hen will call his chicken's home   The wise man will bow down before the throne   And at his feet they will cast their golden crowns   When the man comes around      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 singing   Multitudes are marching to the big kettledrum   Voices calling, voices crying   Some are born and some are dying   It's Alpha and Omega's kingdom come      And the whirlwind is in the thorn trees   The virgins are all trimming their wicks   The whirlwind is in the thorn trees   It's hard for thee to kick against the pricks   In measured hundred weight and penny pound   When the man comes around      And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts   And I looked and behold, a pale horse   And his name that sat on it was Death   And Hell followed with him