More Tidbits from '82

Lost in a meadow

Drowning in a brook

I can't find back the peace

you took

They said the pain would go away

But hard to accept as it may (be)

I know it's here to stay

* * *

There's a feeling deep inside of me

A growing pain - a memory

I can't remember, can't forget

The thousand strangers I have met

They're all alone, but all the same

Hiding all their inner shame

They're all looking for the keys

To open the door to love and peace

They realize not among their sins

That the answer lies within... within

the answer lies within

* * *

In far off lands, the hunger, pain

The long, hard days with little rain

You think you know what they go through

My God!  You don't know much, do you?!

You think your life is on the brink

But they don't have the strength to think!

* * *

Sister, where do you think you're goin'?

The dam has broken, the river's flowin'

You do know where to go, don't you?

I wouldn't go unless I knew

Leave us now, and all your tears

Will equal all the forest's years

Sleep tonight and your silent scream

Will echo in a horrible dream

Take my words and hold them dear

I told you to stay here.

Here, away from fear

(approx. 1982)