I have sinned so gravely Brother Brigham, Brother Young I have sinned so gravely Brother Young That only you can save me Brother Brigham, Brother Young That only you can save me Brother Young I have revealed the temples secrets Brother Brigham, Brother Young The temple garments, oaths and secrets Brother Young I have apostatized and doubted Brother Brigham, Brother Young And borne my testimony falsely Brother Young And I have loved a woman Brother Brigham, Brother Young A woman in adultery Brother Young I have also wed a negress Brother Brigham, Brother Young My fifth wife has some color Brigham Young I now see that you're a prophet Brother Brigham, Brother Young A living, breathing prophet Brother Young And now I believe the revelations Brother Brigham, Brother Young I now believe your revelations, every one Even the ones beyond all reason Brother Brigham, Brother Young Even the ones beyond all reason Brother Young For you're the Lord's own earthly prophet Brother Brigham, Brother Young And he's simply testing in our faith o Brigham Young My only hope for exaltation Brother Brigham, Brother Young My only chance for exaltation Brother Young Is to send me o'er the rim of the basin Brother Brigham, Brother Young The rim of the Great Salt Lake Basin Brother Young For water cannot save me Brother Brigham, Brother Young Baptismal water cannot save me Brigham Young My sins are just too deep a dye o Brother Brigham, Brother Young My sins are just too deep a stain o Brother Young So send Avenging Angels Brother Brigham, Brother Young Won't you send Destroying Danites Brother Young To spill my blood upon the earth o Brother Brigham, Brother Young I beg you spill my blood o Brother Young And let its smoke ascend to heaven Brother Brigham Brother Young And let my breast be cut asunder Brother Young As an offering for my sins, a smoking incense Brother Young A blood atoning for my sinning Brother Young