like two dogs on an open road like two flowers on an old gravestone like two leaves tumblin' in the wind i?m searchin? for a beginning that has no end
and i'm rollin' with the thunder still waitin' for the rain rollin' with the thunder still waitin' for the rain like two boots in a salvation army store like two sailors out lookin' for a whore two broken windows in a burned out van i?m a fugitive lookin' for a one-armed man
two rings in an old pawn shop two dusty winos cussin' out a cop two tumbleweeds blowin' across the plain we?re all dry seeds just waitin' for the rain
You speak to me through a broken window You are alive in an old oak tree You hold me close when the winter wind blows I hear your footsteps on the street
I feel your prsence in the early mornin' I dream of you in the darkest nite You call to me without a warning I see your face in the fires lite
This kind of love you cannot hold This kind of love it has no shame This kind of love is never old This kind of love you cannot hold This kind of love you cannot tame
You found a way through all my secrets And made my proud defences fall This kind of love it has no distance This kind of love it knows no walls
This kind of love you cannot hold This kind of love it has no shame This kind of love is never old This kind of love you cannot hold This kind of love you cannot tame
Some are born to wealth, and given shelter from the storm Some were always held and had a fire to keep them warm Some are born to poverty with no roof above their head Some are facing suicide and wishin' they were dead
There are those with flowing rivers right outside their door Refugees in boats who may never reach the shore Some pray for rain and the pay for it in blood When it rains for forty days we are all victims of the flood
Somewhere a brave heart must survive Yes someday the truth will bury the lie Yah somewhere a brave heart must survive
Too many here been prisoners deserving to be free Too many in the darkness and they have no eyes to see In the middle of the night they are taken from their homes And they dig a common grave to cover up their flesh and bones
But a new day in dawning for the beggars and the blind For those who have suffered and were always left behind But the chains will be broken and the fences will come down And we will walk as brothers once again on the sacred ground
Somewhere a brave heart must survive Yes someday the truth will bury the lie Yah somewhere a brave heart must survive
If I took away your shelter, put you on the street If I took away your table and chairs, threw away your meat Stole away your wife and child, see how lonesome you would be Is that what it would take for you to listen to me
If I took away your legs and you could never walk If I took away your words and you could never talk Blinded your eyes and you could never see Locked you up in shackles and you were no longer free Is that what it would take for you to listen to me...
Listen to me, I am the thunder you refuse to hear I am the Rock you can't hide under You have nothing more to fear This is a time for healing, the scars upon the land My son, listen to me..
If I gave you a blanket, you could be warm If I gave you a roof to stay under Would that save you from the storm Gave you all the money you could ever spend Do you think that means your troubles would finally end Is that what it would take for you to listen to me
Listen to me, I am the thunder you refuse to hear I am the Rock you can't hide under You have nothing more to fear This is a time for healing, the scars upon the land My son, listen to me
I give you the seed dig your roots deep in the land Here's a blade to turn the soil grow somethin' in the sand I give you all me blessings, my blood runs through your veins I will stand beside you, even when it rains My son listen to me
Listen to me, I am the thunder you refuse to hear I am the Rock you can't hide under You have nothing more to fear This is a time for healing, the scars upon the land My son, listen to me..
With the wings of sorrow, I have taken flight Cloaked in the darkness like a thief in the night I have watched the farmer planting in his field And known that what he sows, is there for me to steal
I take what I need, never more, never more In the art of survival, there's no rich there's no poor Time passes by, kingdoms come and go I've seen it all, I'm a raven in the snow
I have watched the seekers searching for their gold The rape of the land, generations unfold Nations of the world, their rise and their fall I've watched it all, I'm a raven in the snow
I have heard the crying, wailing in the wind Empty words and broken promises, time and time again Song of the sparrow, call of the crow Echo in the mountain and the valley's below
The scarecrow and the hunter, can't keep me away The winter winds a blowin' couldn't lead me astray You can separate the flock still my colors would show I will stand out, like a raven in the snow
Garbage fires, worn out tires Dull jackknives, broken lives Starts and stops, at old pawn shops Boys first fish, drunkards wish
Thoughts of war, behind a motel door Strangers touch, on a broken crutch Old man sing under an eagles wing Cigarette spark, stray dog bark... As long as the grasses grow And the four winds blow I feel your prayers from home In this Pile of Stones
Old bike frames, the candles flame High school dances, never had a chance Fly off in a rage, like a bird in a cage Baptized in the water, death of my father
Sun goes down, on this part of town Boxers fist, junkies wrist Deserted tracks, I ain't goin back Buffalo bones, old grave stones
As long as the grasses grow, And the four winds blow I feel your prayers from home In this Pile of Stones, stones, stones...
The skies are blue, but I still hear thunder The skies are clear, but there's lightning under my skin It's gonna rain again, and when the rains come down I'll be on that road again
Warriors will ride. On their painted horses Blessed by the wind And the unseen forces above They will ride on as one They will brave the storm Till the rains are over and done
Ride on crazy horse Take me to the hills Beyond the battle, where the waters are still Where it's so quiet you can hear the children run Far away from the sound of the gun
These are the feathers of a golded eagle These are the feathers of an ancient people You must, you must set my people free Never hold me down, for the eagle must fly free
Warriors will ride on their painted horses Bless by the wind and the unseen forces above They will ride on as one They will brave the storm Till the rains are over and done
I was lookin' back on faded dreams from yesturday Like a brush from my past they painted the evening sky But the currents so strong, I couldn't hold on They kept rollin' by And all the colors bled into a river of time
The innocent child fades into the mist on the river of time An angry young man is shaking his fist on the river of time Roll on river of time, rage on river of time
There are faces and places I hold sacred Some I've passed along the way Some live on in memory, some I've passed along the way With the rain from a storm, a river is born Winding down to the sea, and the river of time Keeps on rollin' thru eternity
The angry young man learns how to forgive On the river of time He holds an innocent child in his arms On the river of time Roll on river of time Rage on river of time
i saw judas iscariot, with a bottle of wine talkin suicide with an old friend of mine they gathered a crowd down at the end of the tracks and a woman cried out when is god comin' back?
and they pretended not to notice they came down hard on the weak causing war and starvation, refusing to let them speak
for every mountain i climb for every river that winds for every wind that will blow i will send out my prayers
for the children below i saw crazy horse walkin' alone in the dark on the streets paved in blood on his broken heart he never dreamed it would turn out like this
they pretend that they just don't see they are blinded in their own mediocrity they got their trophies and their cars
and their houses on the hill and they don't really care that their wars are a killin' me
for every child that follows the dream with ten thousand angels they'll fly no one will force them to run they will stand up and fight till the battle is won
so many hills that we have climbed so many trails we left behind so many songs that i forget the journey isn't over yet through all the years i've watched you grow the little secrets we both know how i held you when you slept i've always felt the tears you wept
there is a reason for your laughter there is a reason for your pain there is a dream you're chasing after there are some things you'll (we'll) never change
so many rivers we have crossed the love we found the love we lost the steps we made i will retrace the broken memories can't erase
i wanna go where the blind can see i wanna go where the lame will walk i wanna see the sick ones clean where the deaf can hear and the silent talk
where are you going, to a ghostdance in the snow? where are all your warriors, i see they're finally coming home
i wanna go where the dead are raised where the mountain lion lays down with the lamb i wanna stand where god is praised i wanna ride across the plains to the promised land
where i'm going don't need to raise your voice no starvation we'll have plenty to eat no guns no wars, no hateful noise just a victory dance, we'll never taste defeat where there's nothin' done or said that can't be forgiven where every step you take is on sacred ground
walk away from death into the land of the living where all the lost tribes are finally found
seven blue stones in the desert sand a shiny gun in a young thief's hand a stolen car and a broken dream blood on his hands that won't come clean
no where to run, no where to turn the fires of rage begin to burn you can't go home, he can't go on his flesh is weak, and his spirits gone
now he's behind a prison wall and doesn't have the will to live he says it's all his father's fault he taught his son the way to live he was unable to forgive
she wore his ring for thirty years then one night he confessed his darkest fears he'd been unfaithful, been untrue what could she say, what could she do? no where to run, no where to turn the fires of rage began to burn she can't go home, she can't go on her flesh is weak her spirits gone
he betrayed her with a kiss killed her desires, her will to live who was blinded, what did they miss? will she be able to forgive? are we able to forgive?
