The Trumpet Child Lyrics

The song The Trumpet Child is performed by Over the Rhine in the album named The Trumpet Child in the year 2007 .

The trumpet child will blow his horn
Will blast the sky till it's reborn
With Gabriel's power and Satchmo's grace
He will surprise the human race

The trumpet he will use to blow
Is being fashioned out of fire
The mouthpiece is a glowing coal
The bell a burst of wild desire

The trumpet child will riff on love
Thelonious notes from up above
He'll improvise a kingdom come
Accompanied by a different drum

The trumpet child will banquet here
Until the lost are truly found
A thousand days, a thousand years
Nobody knows for sure how long

The rich forget about their gold
The meek and mild are strangely bold
A lion lies beside a lamb
And licks a murderer's outstretched hand

The trumpet child will lift a gla*s
His bride now leaning in at last
His final aim to fill with joy
The earth that man all but destroyed

Over the Rhine - The Trumpet Child

Aug 2007

The Trumpet Child