Wave Of Sorrow (Birdland)

Heat haze rising
On hell’s own hill
To wake up this morning
Was an act of will
You walk through the night
To get here today
To bring your children
To give them away

Oh, oh this cruel sun
It's daylight never done
Cruelty just begun
To make a shadow of everyone

And if the rain came
And if the rain came, now

Souls bent over without a breeze
Blankets on burning trees
I’m sick without disease
Nobility on it’s knees

And if the rain came
And if the rain came, now
Would it wash us all away
On a wave of sorrow
Wave
Wave of sorrow

Where now the holy cities
Where all the ancient holy scrolls
Where now the emperor Menelik
And the Queen of Sheeba’s gold
You my bride wear her crown
On your finger precious stone
Has every good thing now been sold

Son of shepherd boy, now king
What wisdom can you bring
What lyric could you sing
Where is the music of the seraphine

And if the rain came
And if the rain came, now
Would it wash us all away?
On a wave of sorrow
Wave
On a wave of sorrow
Wave

Blessed are the meek who scratch in the dirt
For they shall inherit what’s left of the earth
Blessed are the kings who have left their thrones
They are buried in this valley of dry bones

Blessed are you with an empty heart
For you have nothing from which you cannot part
Blessed is the ego if it’s all we’ve got this hour
Blessed is the voice that speaks truth to power

Blessed is the sex worker's body sold tonight
She works with what she's got save her children’s life
Blessed are the deaf who cannot hear us scream
Blessed are the stupid who can dream
Blessed are the tin-can cardboard slums
Blessed is the spirit that overcomes