the Night Watchmen - Rise Up Lyrics

I saw you on the street Monday lonely & broken down
You were reading the newspaper headlines
Your head bent low to the ground
Bent so low to the ground, mmm now

You looked much worse than I ever remember like a princess losing her crown
I wanted to take your hands with my hands and pick you up
Pick you up from the ground

Yeah, so rise up little angel
Rise up from the ground
Rise up like the sun in the morning
Rise up from the ground, yeah

These people around here they drink too much
They smoke and they fight and they eat and they cuss
Living alone on these tombstone streets will bring you down
Bring you down to your knees, yeah to your knees baby

Yeah, so rise up little angel
Rise up from the ground
Rise up like the sun in the morning
Rise up from the ground

Bears and misfits
Freaks & slaves
Wait for your rise like the swell of a wave
You can shiver with the addicts and dance with the snakes
But the smoke will clear and the clouds will break

Mmm, now
It's been seven years since you got here where the hills all slump in shame
And though nobody writes about you
The children all sing your name
They all sing your name

Yeah, so rise up little angel
Rise up from the ground
Rise up like the sun in the morning
Rise up from the ground
Rise up from the ground
Rise up from the ground
Rise up from the ground