Promised Land
ok here's the lyrics to the other song i recorded last night...
Verse 1
Sometimes I close my eyes and I have this dream
And I can't quite figure out what it means
I awake in a field where the grass is green
The sky's blue and birds sing the most beautiful thing
I can hear the praise comin' from their beaks
It's so deep that I can't even speak
My knees get weak and I start to weep
Overcome by intense beauty at its peak
Then I wake up knowin' that Heaven is mine
Since I started this journey in '79
I didn't quite know what God had in store
Just a bunch of pain and hardships and spiritual wars
Plagued me at every turn, I had to learn
To be a man and stand or lay and burn
And so I know that we all have to grow
For when He raises us up as pure souls
Hook
Just close ya eyes and visualize this place
The most beautiful sounds and the sweetest tastes
Represented in every race, color and face
Reflected in God's Eternal Grace, the Promised Land
(2x)
Verse 2
I know life is hard and we search for the answers
To the wars, the racism, the AIDS and cancers
The angel of death in the shadows like a panther
But I hold so much hope in these stanzas
Just to share with you my view for the future
Not the negativity that we are used ta'
A boost of energy fills me tonight
I know God is pushin' and compels me to write
To shed some light in a world of darkness
I believe that's why He made me an artist
To let my lyrics be a tool for catharsis
Revealin' a way to deal with the hardships
I know you can feel everything I'm sayin'
This life is a perfect picture He is paintin'
And the brilliant brush strokes will cover up Satan
In the Promised Land, it's so amazin'
Hook
Just close ya eyes and visualize this place
The most beautiful sounds and the sweetest tastes
Represented in every race, color and face
Reflected in God's Eternal Grace, the Promised Land
(2x)
Verse 3
So keep ya eyes on the prize when ya contemplatin'
Everything you go through, God loves the patient
Just imagine that day when the gates open
And we enter the Garden with our face glowin'
No more worries, jealousy or enemies
When the problems of the past become a memory
Long forgotten, this song I'm droppin'
To keep ya calm when the pain is strong and rotten
And you just don't think that you can take it
Keep in mind that our time here is sacred
And the goodness in life has to be reflected
In order to achieve anything respective
Cuz I know it's hectic, obscene and cold
When wishes turn vicious and dreams is old
Think about the roads of silver and the streams of gold
In the Promised Land, He'll clean our souls
Hook
Just close ya eyes and visualize this place
The most beautiful sounds and the sweetest tastes
Represented in every race, color and face
Reflected in God's Eternal Grace, the Promised Land
(2x)
© 2005 J. Stewart
x-posted
Verse 1
Sometimes I close my eyes and I have this dream
And I can't quite figure out what it means
I awake in a field where the grass is green
The sky's blue and birds sing the most beautiful thing
I can hear the praise comin' from their beaks
It's so deep that I can't even speak
My knees get weak and I start to weep
Overcome by intense beauty at its peak
Then I wake up knowin' that Heaven is mine
Since I started this journey in '79
I didn't quite know what God had in store
Just a bunch of pain and hardships and spiritual wars
Plagued me at every turn, I had to learn
To be a man and stand or lay and burn
And so I know that we all have to grow
For when He raises us up as pure souls
Hook
Just close ya eyes and visualize this place
The most beautiful sounds and the sweetest tastes
Represented in every race, color and face
Reflected in God's Eternal Grace, the Promised Land
(2x)
Verse 2
I know life is hard and we search for the answers
To the wars, the racism, the AIDS and cancers
The angel of death in the shadows like a panther
But I hold so much hope in these stanzas
Just to share with you my view for the future
Not the negativity that we are used ta'
A boost of energy fills me tonight
I know God is pushin' and compels me to write
To shed some light in a world of darkness
I believe that's why He made me an artist
To let my lyrics be a tool for catharsis
Revealin' a way to deal with the hardships
I know you can feel everything I'm sayin'
This life is a perfect picture He is paintin'
And the brilliant brush strokes will cover up Satan
In the Promised Land, it's so amazin'
Hook
Just close ya eyes and visualize this place
The most beautiful sounds and the sweetest tastes
Represented in every race, color and face
Reflected in God's Eternal Grace, the Promised Land
(2x)
Verse 3
So keep ya eyes on the prize when ya contemplatin'
Everything you go through, God loves the patient
Just imagine that day when the gates open
And we enter the Garden with our face glowin'
No more worries, jealousy or enemies
When the problems of the past become a memory
Long forgotten, this song I'm droppin'
To keep ya calm when the pain is strong and rotten
And you just don't think that you can take it
Keep in mind that our time here is sacred
And the goodness in life has to be reflected
In order to achieve anything respective
Cuz I know it's hectic, obscene and cold
When wishes turn vicious and dreams is old
Think about the roads of silver and the streams of gold
In the Promised Land, He'll clean our souls
Hook
Just close ya eyes and visualize this place
The most beautiful sounds and the sweetest tastes
Represented in every race, color and face
Reflected in God's Eternal Grace, the Promised Land
(2x)
© 2005 J. Stewart
x-posted