Up in Manitoba   The sky was very blue   The people were a few   And nights were never colder      Once I heard a wailing sound   The sky had turned to red   So I got up from my bed   And I wandered far from town      I have seen the face of God   And I was not afraid   I have seen the face of God   And I have dearly paid      The darkness came right down on me   There were no more lights to follow   So I slept inside the hollow   Of a dead and fallen tree      Did you know three days I tried   To wake myself? But, no   My flesh had turned to snow   And I thought that I had died      For I have seen the face of God   And I was not afraid   I have seen the face of God   And I have dearly paid      And though I had it rough   They got me home in time   They got me homemade wine   But it was not enough      The cold had made me dumb   And I was sent away   These walls are here today   For fifty years and some      Yes I have seen the face of God   And I was not afraid   I have seen the face of God   And I have dearly paid [x2]