Did you think that you were better, somehow better than
me?
You come here with your arms thrown wide like that
means anything to me
You think 'cause you're a big man now you can take what
isn't yours
You come here in your righteousness and you think that
opens doors
You've just come running back like a prodigal son
Just like a prodigal son
Did you miss the one that pushed you out, that womb
that gave your life?
Did you come to see my father's grave or the man who
took his wife?
You don't know what I could have been but for an
accident of birth
But I got only what I could take and you were given
God's own earth
And you come running back like a prodigal son
You think you can finish what we have begun
The cradle will rock and the cradle will fall
And I gave you nothing, but you gave it all
Did you somehow feel neglected? Did it leave you
wanting more?
God, they raised you up like Jesus Christ and then they
branded me the whore
They say when you get desperate, well, you'd do
anything for pride
And I've got your little secret, dear--I've carried it
inside
So you come running back like a prodigal son
You think you can finish what we have begun
The cradle will rock and the cradle will fall
And I gave you nothing, but you gave it all
You come back like a prodigal son
You think you can finish what we have begun
The cradle will rock and the cradle will fall
And I gave you nothing, but I took it all
Did you think that you were better, somehow better than
me?
You come here with your arms thrown wide, like that
means anything to me
You think 'cause you're a big man now you can take what
isn't yours
You come here in your righteousness and you think that
opens doors
Oh, yeah, you think that opens doors. (repeat 5)
