Let The Mystery Be

Iris DeMent

Everybody's wonderin' what and where they they all came from

everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go

when the whole thing's done

but no one knows for certain

and so it's all the same to me

I think I'll just let the mystery be



Some say once you're gone you're gone forever

and some say you're gonna come back

Some say you rest in the arms of the Saviour

if in sinful ways you lack

Some say that they're comin' back in a garden

bunch of carrots and little sweet peas

I think I'll just let the mystery be



Everybody's wonderin' what and where they they all came from

everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go

when the whole thing's done

but no one knows for certain

and so it's all the same to me

I think I'll just let the mystery be



Some say they're goin' to a place called Glory

and I ain't saying it ain't a fact

but I've heard that I'm on the road to purgatory

and I don't like the sound of that

I believe in love and I live my life accordingly

but I choose to let the mystery be



Everybody is wondering what and where they they all came from

everybody is worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go

when the whole thing's done

but no one knows for certain

and so it's all the same to me

I think I'll just let the mystery be

I think I'll just let the mystery be