Lyrics & Song Information
Seventh Son Of The Seventh Son
Written By Rory Gallagher
Featured On
Blueprint, BBC Sessions, Disc 2: Studio
Lyrics
- HE WAS THE SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
- PEOPLE CLAIMED THAT HE COULD CURE ANYONE
- HE HAD THE POWER THERE IS NO DOUBT
- FROM HIS HEALING HANDS
- THE LIGHT SHONE ALL ABOUT
- NO MAGIC POTION OR MYSTIC WORDS
- HIS EYES JUST STARED AT YOU, NO SOUND WAS HEARD
- PEOPLE CAME FROM NORTH AND SOUTH
- TO SEE THIS FAITH HEALING MAN, SEE WHAT HE WAS ALL ABOUT
- HE CURED THE YOUNG AND HE CURED THE AGED
- SOON THE WHOLE NATION NEW HIS NAME
- SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
- IS IT TOO LATE, NOW THAT I’VE COME
- SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
- IS IT TOO LATE, YOU KNOW WHY I’VE COME
- OUTSIDE HIS DOOR WERE QUEUES TEN DEEP
- SOON THE FAITH HEALING MAN, COULD GET NO SLEEP
- ON THE STREET THEY MILLED OUTSIDE
- SOON THIS MAN HAD TO SPEND HIS DAYS INSIDE
- HE CURED A WOMAN WHO COULD NOT SPEAK
- AND YOU KNOW THE BLIND CHILD, WELL NOW SHE CAN SEE
- NEVER ASKED FOR PAYMENT, UNTIL THE ONE DAY CAME
- THE FAITH HEALING MAN WAS NOT THE SAME
- ONE DAY A MAN WITH A BIG CIGAR
- DROVE INTO TOWN IN A LONG, LONG SILVER CAR
- HE MADE A DEAL SAID THIS BOY WILL GO FAR
- SAID HE’D MAKE THIS FAITH-HEALIN’ COUNTRY BOY INTO A MOVIE STAR
- THEN THE SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
- HE MOVED AWAY FROM THIS SMALL TOWN
- TO THE CITY HE SOON CAME, HE LOOKED UP IN LIGHTS, SAW HIS NAME
- SEE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW HIM WELL
- AS THOUGH HE WERE STILL HERE THE STORIES THEY TELL
- ABOUT THE TIME HE MADE A LAME GIRL WALK
- BUT NOW YOU HAVE TO PAY JUST TO HEAR HIM TALK
- ONE DAY HE RETURNED FROM THE CITY LIGHTS
- SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED THERE FOR HIS POWERS HAD DIED
- BUT NOW HE SAY’S HE WON’T CURE NO MORE
- FAITH HEALIN’ MAN YOU HAVE RETURNED
- SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
- IS IT TOO LATE, NOW THAT I’VE COME
- SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON
- IS IT TOO LATE, YOU KNOW WHY I’VE COME