music and lyrics by Lund
I have sinned so gravely Brigham, Brother Young I have sinned so Brother Young That you can save me Brother Brigham, Brother Young That only you can me Brother Young
I have revealed the temples secrets Brigham, Brother Young The temple garments, oaths and secrets Brother I have apostatized and doubted Brigham, Brother Young And borne my testimony falsely Brother
And I have a woman Brother Brigham, Brother Young A woman in Brother Young I have also wed a negress Brigham, Brother Young My fifth wife has some color Young
I now see that you're a prophet Brigham, Brother Young A living, prophet Brother Young And now I believe the Brother Brigham, Brother Young I now believe revelations, every one
Even the ones beyond all reason Brigham, Brother Young Even the beyond all reason Brother Young For you're the own earthly prophet Brother Brigham, Brother Young And hes simply testing in our o Brigham Young
My only hope for exaltation Brigham, Brother Young My only chance for Brother Young Is to me o'er the rim of the basin Brother Brigham, Brother Young The rim of the Lake Basin Brother Young
For water save me Brother Brigham, Brother Young Baptismal water save me Brigham Young My sins are just too a dye o Brother Brigham, Brother Young My sins are just too deep a o Brother Young
So send Avenging Angels Brother Brigham, Young Won't you send Danites Brother Young To spill my blood the earth o Brother Brigham, Brother Young I beg you spill my blood o Brother
And let its ascend to heaven Brother Brigham Brother Young And let my breast be cut asunder Brother As an offering for my sins, a incense Brother Young A blood atoning for my Brother Young