Shut the old mill down So many good jobs went south They put a prison in it's place So many good lives contained Well, have you seen them all? Rising for the alter call Taste of heaven, the taste of hell When they're never gonna make it out They're never gonna make it out You are my brother, this much I know I want to let your goodness show You are my sister as I have seen I want to let your goodness breathe You are my family although I fought You gave me all the good I've got So I built an alter unto itself You're never gonna let me out You're never gonna let me out I got some good plans of my own Set off to let my future grow Like a good weed that I let Take over my garden plants So one day I dug it up Washed my hands and shaved and cussed And it was then that I felt Your goodness is my only help Your goodness is my only help So when I die will you dig my grave? The only place I want to lay Is right by you in the shade A million nights a million days But there's a lifetime in between I want to let my goodness free I feel my nature it goes away I will not keep, I will not stay I will not keep, I will not stay Yes, I've loathed for things unseen Yes, I've loathed for things unseen Yes, I'm unsure of so may things Unsure of so may things I will not keep, I will not stay I will not keep, I will not stay Oh goodness, won't you come my way? Another place another day Well yes, I know that I've loved this world Yes, I know I've loved this world And yes, I know I've loved this world Yes, I know I've loved this world And yes, I know I've loved this place Yes, I know I've loved this place And yes, I know I've loved your face Oh goodness, won't you come my way? Oh goodness, don't you fade away Goodness, don't you fade away I will not keep, I will not stay Goodness, don't you fade away Oh goodness, don't you fade away My only goodness, don't you fade away My only goodness, don't you fade away