From the recording The Land, The Bread, and The People
Lyrics
SOMETIMES THROUGH THESE BLEAK EYES
HOPE HAS GOT TO BE FOUND
THE TROUBLES BECOME MY WHOLE WORLD NOW AND THEN
AND LIFE IS JUST THE SOUND
OF A HEART REPEATING WEARILY, LOSING THE WILL TO FIGHT
AND I WONDER OH HOW I WONDER IF IT WILL EVER BE ALL RIGHT
ALL RIGHT THERE WILL BE NO WRONG
WILL PEACE CRADLE ME IN HER ARMS
FROM THE RISING OF THE SUN
TILL I PUT ME DOWN TO REST
COMES THE GRIEF BEFORE ME
ACROSS THE THRESHOLD I CLOSE ME IN
I PITY AND I MOURN MYSELF ALONE
I HOLD MY WAKE AGAIN
AND ALL THE WHILE BESIDE OF ME
LIFE WAITS FOR MY RETURN
AND HOW I LONG IN THE DEPTHS OF MY HEART
FOR THE LESSONS TO BE LEARNED
LOOKING OUT THROUGH THE GREY HAZE
I SEE THE OTHER SIDE
THE WONDROUS SILHOUETTES MUST MEAN
SOME FAIR LIGHT IS THERE BEHIND
SO NO MATTER THE LENGTH OR DARK OF THE NIGHT
TILL DAWN I CAN HOLD
THE I WILL DANCE IN THE RAYS AND BREATHE IN HOPE
AND OPEN UP MY SOUL