a patterned sunrise swept along away the sunrise   and over these underpasses a towering mountain does rise   but don't cross the river, not over there   there'' be a mystery revealed and i bet you dare   and if i am to seek this place y'all can see   whose chariot to follow so i can be free      at night the stars cry   i gaze upon a lake of backyard   and under these overpasses a towering mountain does lie   but don't cross the river, not over there   there'll be a mystery revealed that we're meant to share   so if i am to seek this place y'all can see   whose chariot to follow so i can be free      oh no, here we are again   oh no, here we are again   my mamma told me don't go cross that river   because you might not make it back   the beast gonna eat your heart   she said, don't go out there   stay upon your track   this money has torn my family apart and i cannot buy it back   so of course i built my boat, and was half upon my way   and when i got to the other side the water came rushing down   washed me away      whose chariot, whose chariot, whose chariot, chariot   whose chariot, whose chariot, chariot   chariot, whose chariot, chariot   chariot   freedom, freedom, whose chariot   freedom, freedom, whose chariot   freedom, freedom, whose chariot   whose chariot take me home   take me home      oh no, said i'm out that door again   i left my house, my money, and my dearest friend   i'm not going back, jack, across the river   got a little bit of business that i'm doing today   you didn't feel me, you can't really see no good   i made my life out a stack of wood   i've been moving cross the river today   but whose chariot take me home      whose chariot   take me home   hallelujah   coming home   who chariot gotta, will you take me   who chariot will you, will you take me   who chariot will you, will you take me   who chariot would you pick me up and take me   who chariot gotta, will you take me   who chariot just pick me up and take me   who chariot come and get me   whose chariot take me home   take me home