Like a hawk flying high above the city. Like a sunset cloud in a golden flame. Like a leaf on the wind moving cross the water. Watch me rise. Watch me rise.
Rain falls down on the desert sand. And the flowers cover the land. They've been waiting patiently. For the right raindrop to set them free. . Well ain't it just like love.
Don't you want to sing a new gospel. Don't you want to find a way to rise above. If we both believe in the resurrection. We can find a new life for our love.
There's a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground. So many roads to the promised land. It's an endless song that makes a holy sound. There's a hundred ways to kneel and kiss the ground.
I used to go down to the Mill Creek. When I was only nine or ten. I'd run trot lines in the muddy water. I'd watch the leaves riding the wind. . It was there I smoked my first Marlboro.
Trouble comes to our house. Every other week. First you and then me. With a tear on our cheek. Over and over the same mistakes. How many last straws till it breaks.
Wake up, wake up, little Mary. . Yes, there'll be a fine white cake, flowers for your hair. And you will see Aunt Julie Ann, no I won't be there. Throw the rice, dance and sing, have a real good time.
All these little victories, yeah. All these little victories, yeah. . Look at the angel high up above the ground. She must've burned her wings now afraid to come down.
Half of this morning and most of last night. I've been taking tally on the last years of my life. I've been pretty righteous but God only knows. A couple of calls were not even close.
On the late train to London. A woman dressed in black. Is talking on her cell phone. I'm listening at her back. . She says, "Now darling. Don't be such a kid.
I see this child at his mothers breast. All my life I've been pushing away. Pulled away too soon from the tenderness. And the shoulders of my soul they are so tired today.
The magic of love, nobody knows how the trick is done. It's the sleight of hand, the woman and man, the power of one plus one. It takes two, it takes two.
I could count the minutes. I could count the days. What's the use in counting?. You're gonna go anyway. Always knew you could. . Be like the star in a western sky.
I hear your love has gone away. Left you feeling blue. Don't you know that one fine day. Love will come to you. . When the tears are over. All the stories have been told.
We're living in the golden age of pain. The golden age of pain. There's a wind blowing through my door. And it's never been this cold before. It's the golden age of pain.
Damn this wicked world. Damn I wish that heaven wasn't hidden like a pearl. Underneath the sea. I wish all the answers came more easily to me. Watching as my world spins out of control.
What's the good to hate, to fight. In the name of truth and right. In the name of God above. I'm just here to fight for love. . Why must it be us or them.
I dreamed last night that I was walking with somebody new. I turn the corner and of course, I run right into you. I let go of that woman, and I reached out for your hand.
Love is patient, love is blind. Never jealous, Love is klind. If my love is really true. Why can't I be that way with you. . It's easier said than done.
You would think I was born yesterday, the way I act sometimes. Like I'd never heard your good message, deaf, dumb and blind. Speak harsh to my children, impatient with my lover.