Bring Ben

Father, we have brought the grain
It's insane all the pain that the Mainman brought down on us
He said that we were spies and threw us in the jailhouse

Then he told us to come to you
And bring back another with our youngest brother

We said we were ten
The youngest one is Ben
The other is no more, but we never

He said by this, he'd surely know
Know that we were honest

Where do we go?
What do we do?
We must bring him back or we'll die anyway
Anyway, oh

The famine is severe
The sky is threatening
Is Simeon still alive?
And now you say to me
You want my youngest son
You may not come back
You may not survive

Send the boy with me
That all shall live and none shall perish
It's the only way the man be satisfied
Father, see, you can trust in me
For I know how much you cherish
The son for whom your Rachel bled and died

In my mind
My thoughts unwind and burden me
It's a hurtful thing for one and all
To make it right, I give my life gladly
There's no pride in me
Before the fall
Before the fall