Wash it in the sea let it soak all night

Wash it in the sea let the saltwater wash it away

Soak it in bleach till its white on white

Soak it in bleach till the blood just washes away



Hang it in the wind let it blow all night

Hang it up high, let the high wind blow it away

Hang it in the wind let the sun burn bright

Hang it in the wind till the blood just washes away



I have waited wasted years

For the child that's come and gone today

I wasted all this fear

How can I just turn and wash it away

If I can then I will wash it away

If she can then she will wash it away

If I can then I will wash it away

If she can then she will wash it away



Forty years spent one by one

Forty years of life just slipping away

What I’d give for a firstborn son

Forty years of blood just washing away



I have waited wasted lives

I have waited long enough I’d say

Say what about, what about, what about, what about

How can I just turn and wash it away

If I can then I will wash it away

If she can then she will was it away

If I can then I will wash it away

If she can then she will was it away



So send me an angel

Send me the ghost that I was

Just send me an angel

Send me the ghost that I was

That I was, that I am. I will wash it away

She will wash it away

I will wash it away if I can then I will, I will and I will

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, hey yeah, yeah, yeah.

Hey yeah, yeah. If I can then I will wash it away