The number 7.
folk rock
protest songs
john lee hooker
roger john
Story behind the song
Mystical Number 7
Lyrics
On the day I was born, the nurses gathered round
Head nurse stood up said leave this one alone
Doctor came and took me by the hand
Said a lot of pain coming for hes a man
and its a hard long road
IM travelling down
Well Ive been in the desert without rain or breeze
7 nights a sailing down 7 darkened seas
Been up to the mountaintop paid the gods their due
But "Son" they done said " Theres still one thing to do"
and its a hard long road
IM travelling down
Ive heard the liars beck * (maybe a reference to that newscaster) Ive heard the liars call
The Sound of a Joshua come fit upon the wall
THe roar of the ocean swell in the early morn
Cry of an old man dying, the wail of a baby being born
and its a hard long road
IM travelling down
Ive heard a singer's voice true powerful and clear
sINGING REJOICE The lord IS coming here
And 7 angels trumpets ring the 7 skies
And 7 people dying and 7 new born lives
and its a hard long road
we are all travelling down
and 7 prophets speaking in the sand and the dust
Saying listen here mIster no CHurch or no Mosque
And 7 devils still flying in the red white and blue * (The Fbi listed 7 of the hijackers erroneously as still alive after 9 / 11)
And the 7th* son he fathers the hate all in you (a bit of a stretch - Osama Bin Laden is the 17th son on his Father's side)
and its a hard long road
we're all travelling down
Now 7 kings come calling on the 7 hills of Rome
7 years in darkness and 7 years alone
7 loaves of 7 baskets the Lord he put in
7 last plagues and 7 deadly sins
and its a hard long road
IM travelling down
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho
7 times around and 7 times the trumpets toll
Verses Not included
Been in another lifetime been in another land
Where the only thing of virtue was the blood in your hand
Ive hidden in the backwoods broke open the tomb
While 7 theives and bankers deflied her rooms.
Well Ive seen 7 wars and Ill see 7 more
7 nations meeting right by my front door
And the crash and the thunder and the bombs in the street
and 20 armies marching to that same deadly beat (the G7 etc)