Take hold my youngest son There's no hope to cross The river at it's mouth Wide and strong Sleep my sweetest girl My first love in the fall Home has not a name No voice to call In the lion's mouth Where the sun don't shine Take a long, deep breath And say your goodbyes Brother, lift your head Close your bloodshot eyes In the morning light we go To the war that's televised I'll make home by the sea Burn letters i never sent The burden of our flesh Promises unkept In the lion's mouth Where the sun don't shine Take a long, deep breath And say your goodbyes In the spider's web Where no seed is sown She will cut your hair And no one will know