Mark Trammell Quartet - It's the Blood Lyrics

Cain was a farmer, a tiller and a gardener
He made his living working with his hand
His dad had always taught him
That hard work always brought them
The things that God provided from the land

He knew about religion
And how to be forgiven
For he'd heard the story of the coats of skin
But he brought the bounty of his fields
When he came down to the altar
Cain never thought to bring a lamb

Abel was a shepherd
Through all kinds of weather
He tended all his sheep with loving care
He took the best among them
And went where God had called him
Shed its blood and offered up a prayer

He knew about religion
And how to be forgiven
He, too, had heard about the coats of skin
He learned about God's saving grace
When he came down to the altar
Abel knew to sacrifice a lamb

It's the blood
That takes the stain of sin away
And makes us pure and holy in God's eyes
It's the blood
That pays the debt we could not pay
He will accept no other sacrifice
It takes faith in Heaven's perfect Lamb
Mercy from the Great I Am
To do what Cain's religion never could
It's not by works of righteousness we've done
It's the blood

It's the blood
That takes the stain of sin away
And makes us pure and holy in God's eyes
It's the blood
That pays the debt we could not pay
He will accept no other sacrifice
It takes faith in Heaven's perfect Lamb
Mercy from the Great I Am
To do what Cain's religion never could
It's not by works of righteousness we've done
It's the blood
It's the blood
It's the blood