FACE OF LOVE



LYRICS

THE FACE OF LOVE

jeena kaisa pyar bina [what is life without love ]

is duniya mein aaye ho to [now that you have come to this world]

ek duje se pyar karo [love each other, one another ]

jeena kaisa pyar bina [what is life without love ]

is duniya mein aaye ho to [now that you have come to this world]

ek duje se pyar karo [love each other, one another ]

look in the eyes

of the face of love

look in her eyes

oh, there is peace

no nothing dies

within pure light

only one hour

of this pure love

to last a life

of thirty years

only one hour

so come and go

jeena kaisa pyar bina [what is life without love ]

is duniya mein aaye ho to [now that you have come to this world]

ek duje se pyar karo [love each other, one another ]

jeena kaisa pyar bina [what is life without love ]

is duniya mein aaye ho to [now that you have come to this world]

ek duje se pyar karo [love each other, one another ]

look in the eyes

the face of love

look in her eyes

oh, there is peace

no nothing dies

within pure light

only one hour

of this pure love

to last a life

of thirty years

only one hour

so come and go

IN YOUR MIND

*In your mind, in your mind

One foot on Jacob's ladder

And one foot in the fire

And it all goes down in your mind

Living at the bottom of the stairs in your life

Never a smile knocking on your door

The air is blue and so are you

Prehistoric monsters on the floor

Last verse of your last sont

And God don't hear dead men

The end of the line is in your mind

And you'll be staying in

In your mind, in your mind

Bone for bone and skin for skin

Eye for eye and tooth for tooth

Heart for heart and soul for soul

Somebody said what is true

Lock it up and close it down

The sound of morning like a dove

High beyond the rattle and roar

Look into the face of love

(Repeat *)

In your mind, in your mind

Sunday words are back again

And you'll eat your fun of the middlemas pie

But just a piece you understand

You'll get the rest up in the sky

Praise and glory, wounded angel

Shuffling round the room

Eternity is down the hall

And you sit there bending spoons

In your mind, in your mind

Father, son and holy ghost

Sacrificial drops the pain

On a silver planet cross

Sanctification on a chain

They say redemption draws knives

Storms of silence from above

Stop your ears close your eyes

Try to find the face of love

(Repeat *)

THE LONG ROAD

and i wished for so long, cannot stay

all the precious moments, cannot stay

it's not like wings have fallen, cannot stay

but still something's missing, cannot say

holding hands of daughters and sons

and their faiths are falling down

i have wished for so long

how i wish for you today

will i walk the long road? cannot stay

there's no need to say goodbye

all the friends and family

all the memories going round

i have wished for so long

how i wish for you today

and the wind keeps rollin'

and the sky keeps turning gray

and the sun is set

the sun will rise another day

i have wished for so long

how i wish for you today

i have wished for so long

how i wish for you today

will I walk the long road?

we all walk the long road

PROMISES

Promises given

And promises broken

Words stain my lips

Just like blood on my hands

And words are like poison

That sinks down inside you

And some things you do

You just don't understand

I offer no reason

I ask for no pity

I make no excuse

For the way that I am

And words are like poison

That sinks down inside you

And some things you do

You just don't understand

I God is my witness

Then God is my savior

But if you are my judge

Then I'm already damned

And words are like poison

That sinks down inside you

And some things you do

You just don't understand

And would if my fingers

To cut off and give you

Could gain my redemption

I'd cut off my hands

But words are like poison

That bends you and blinds you

And some things you do

You just don't understand

So this is my story

And I hope that it finds you

For your sweet attention

I cannot demand

And words are like poison

That lives down inside you

And some things you do

You just don't understand

WOMAN ON THE TIER (I'll See You Through)

Too hot. No air.

Loud fan and a big tin can.

Wait here. Steer clear.

They've gone to get your man.

10 AM.

Through gate 3 with picture ID.

This old billfold

Experiences security.

I hear the click. These men are hard.

I'll see your face through bar and guard.

You're new to me. I'm new to you.

I see your fate. I'll see you

You through.

Ice within.

And it's all cement in the government.

Approved? Then move

To the plywood booth where the prisoner's sent.

You read in red

The letters on the door and you know what they're for.

You feel unreal.

And the rattling chain's coming over the floor.

I hear the clock. These walls are green.

I see your face through tin and screen.

You're new to me. I'm new to you.

I see your fate. I'll see you

You through.

Too hot. No air.

Loud fan and a big tin can.

Wait here. Steer clear.

They've gone to get your man.

THE FALL OF TROY

It's the same with men as with horses and dogs

Nothing wants to die

Evelyn? James they killed in a game

with guns too big for their hands

just off St. Charles in No-Mans Land

and you'll have to find your own way home.

Boys, you'll have to find your own way home.

The oldest was Troy, an eighteen year-old boy

Shot dead in March during a robbery

his brother started out to hell and to ruin

Troy's killer was never caught they say.

Young nick he just went bad that day

Now he'll have to find his own way home.

Boys, he'll have to find his own way home.

Why cook dinner?

Why make my bed?

Why come home at all?

Out the door and through the woods

There is a world where nothing grows

It's hard to say grace and to sit in the place

Of someone missing at the table

Mom's hair sprayed? tight

And her face in her hands

Watching TV for answers to me

After all she's only human

And she's trying to find her own way home.

Boys, she's trying to find her own way home.

My legs ache

My heart is sore

The well is full of pennies.

QUALITY OF MERCY

All you hypocrites and liars

In the temple seeking gain

All you senators and lawyers

With your motives to explain

All you victims and you heroes

Your petitions to complain

All you murderers and martyrs

On the fields where you lay slain

On the just and unjust

Alike it doth rain

And the quality of mercy is not strained

Yes vengeance and revenge

Are just two words for pain

And the quality of mercy is not strained

Did not I crucify my Lord?

Did not I bind Him in chains?

Did not I three times betray Him?

Three times deny His name?

Did not I cast the first stone?

Then justify the blame?

Did not He die for my sins

But never would I do the same?

Oh I've been three times a sinner

And two times a saint

And the quality of mercy is not strained

Yes for Love if it's Love

Is changing but unchanged

And the quality of mercy is not strained

Hypocrites and liars

Senators and lawyers

Victims and heroes

Murderers and martyrs

Crucify my Lord

Bind Him in chains

Three times betray Him

Justify the blame

On the just and unjust

Alike it doth rain

And the quality of mercy is not strained

DEAD MAN WALKING

There's a pale horse comin

And I'm gonna ride it

I'll rise in the mornin

With my fate beside it

I'm a dead man walkin

I'm a dead man walkin

In Saint James Parish

I was born and Christened

How I got my story

Mister, there ain't no need for you to listen

It's just a dead man talkin

Bridge: I had a job, I had a girl

But between our dreams and actions lie this world

In the deep forest

Their blood and tears rushed over me

All I could feel was the drugs and shotgun

And my fear up inside me

Like a dead man talkin (walkin ?)

Bridge: Neath the summer sky my eyes went black

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have

Now the clouds above my prison

Move slowly cross the sky

There's a new day comin

And my dreams are full tonight.

WALK AWAY

Dot King was whittled from the bone of Cain

with a little drop of poison in the red, red blood

She need a way to turn around the bend

She said I want to walk away and start over again.

There are things I've done I can't erase

I want to look in the mirror, see another face

I said never would I do it again

I want to walk away, start over again.

No more rain

No more roses

On my way, shake my thirst in a cool, cool pond.

There is a (widower/whittler/winner) in every place

There is a heart that's beating in every page

The beginning of it starts at the end

When it's time to walk away and start over again.

Weather is murder at a hundred and three

William Ray shot Corabell Lee

A yellow dog knows when he has sinned

You want to walk away and start over again.

No more rain

No more roses

On my way, shaking my thirst in a cool cool pond.

Cooper told Maui the whole block is gone

They're dying for jewelry, money, and clothes

I always get out of the trouble I'm in

I want to walk away, start over again.

I left my bible by the side of the road

Carve my initials in an old dead tree

I'm going away but I'm going to be back when

It's time to walk away and start over again.

ELLIS UNIT ONE

I was fresh out of the service

It was back in ‘82

I raised some Cain when I come back to town

I left to be all I could be

Come home without a clue

Now, I married Dawn and had to settle down

So I hired on at the prison

Guess I always knew I would

Just like my dad and both my uncles done

And I worked on every cell block

Now, things're goin' good

But then they transferred me to Ellis Unit One

Swing low

Swing low

Swing low and carry me home

Well, my daddy used to talk about them long nights at the walls

And how they used to strap ‘em in the chair

The kids down from the college and they'd bring their beer ‘n all

‘N when the lights went out, a cheer rose in the air

Well, folks just got too civilized

Sparky's gatherin' dust

‘Cause no one wants to touch a smokin' gun

And since they got the injection

They don't mind as much, I guess

They just put ‘em down at Ellis Unit One

Swing low

Swing low

Swing low and carry me home

Well, I've seen ‘em fight like lions, boys

I've seen 'em go like lambs

And I've helped to drag ‘em when they could not stand

And I've heard their mamas cryin' when they heard that big door slam

And I've seen the victim's family holdin' hands

Last night I dreamed that I woke up with straps across my chest

And something cold and black pullin' through my lungs

‘N even Jesus couldn't save me though I know he did his best

But he don't live on Ellis Unit One

Swing low

Swing low

Swing low and carry me home

Swing low

Don't let go

Swing low and carry me home

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