Annabelle Lyrics

Lyric discussion by gobosox5 

Cover art for Annabelle lyrics by Gillian Welch

One of my favorite lyrics off all time is this chorus...

"We cannot have all things that please us, no matter how we try. Until we've all gone to Jesus, we can only wonder why."

So amazingly honest and real.

The versus revolve around the chorus, telling the story of a struggling 19th century sharecropper who loses the only thing that really matters to her, her daughter Annabelle. There's nothing that can really explain why bad things happen in life so you just need to keep going on with your life and not worry why they happen. You'll get everything you want/need in the afterlife.