Now I try oh so awfully long and I just try to be
And now, oh it's so fine but it's free
Yes but I know in my head that we're all so misled
And it's that old sign on the cross that worries me

Now when I was just a bawling child, I saw what I wanted to be
And it's all for the sake of that picture I should see
But I was lost on the land as I heard that front door slam
And it's that, that sign on the cross that worries me

Well it's that old sign on the cross, well it's that old key to the kingdom
Well it's that old sign on the cross like it used to be
But when I hold my head up high as I see my old friends go by
And it's still that sign on the cross that worries me

Well that sign on the cross, just a sign on the cross
Well that sign is everybody's love and that sign is in the penitentiary too
Oh when your days are numbered and your nights are long
You might think you're weak but I mean to say you're strong
Yes if that sign on the cross, if it begins to worry you
That's all right, sing a song and all your troubles will pass on through

Oh that sign, oh that sign
Well that sign is in every prison and that sign is in the penitentiary too
Oh when your days are numbered and your nights are long
You might think you're weak, you might think you're weak
But I mean to say you're strong
Oh if that sign on the cross, if it begins to worry you
That's all right, sing a song, yeah
And all your troubles will pass right on through