Here I am in church again, Jesus I love it here but as you know for some of the wrong reasons I sometimes lose myself completely in the church service And forget the people outside whom I love I sometimes withdraw far, far inside myself when I'm inside church But people looking at me can only see my pious expression And imagine I'm loving you...Learn More

This young girl got pregnant, Lord And she isn't married There was this guy you see And she'd had a little too much to drink It sounds so stupid, but the loneliness was real Where were her parents in all this? It's hard to know For the girl, they probably seemed indifferent Absorbed in their familiar routines Uninterested in her real life But did...Learn More

It's morning, Jesus It's morning And here's that light and sound all over again I've gotta move fast Get into the bathroom, wash up Grab a bite to eat And run some more I just don't feel like it Lord What I really wanna do is get back into bed Pull up the covers and sleep All I seem to want today is the big sleep And here I've got to run all over...Learn More

Blacks and whites make me angry, Lord Why does it make any difference to some of us? For Christ's sake why does it, Lord? Why do people get there backs up about this color bit? I got very mad at a white guy today, Lord When he came out with all the old cliches During a conversation we were having He just sat there with a damn grin on his...Learn More

I'm nowhere, Lord And I couldn't care less It's so still Am I on the moon? Am I on the Earth? Am I here at all? But if so, where? I feel disengaged from life at this moment, Lord Time has stopped and nothing matters I have nowhere to hurry No place to go No sensible goal I might as well be dead I want to feel a breeze blow against my face Or the...Learn More

I want to be alone and not to be alone, both at the same time I can't stand anybody being around at this moment The sound of another voice seems to cut into my aching flesh I want to be alone I crave silence, even a vacuum And endless echo chamber of silence upon silence, upon silence Cold, alone, silence But the silence is filled with demons,...Learn More

I'm crying and shouting inside tonight Lord And I'm feeling completely alone All the roots I thought I had are gone Everything in my life is in an upheaval I'm amazed I can maintain any composer when I'm feeling like this The moment is all that matters The present moment is of supreme importance I know this, and yet in the present I feel dead I...Learn More

Look up at that window, Lord, where the old guy is sitting See, he's half hidden by the curtain that's moving a little in the breeze That tenement it's a poor place to have to live, isn't it Jesus? He's seated alone by a kitchen table And looking blankly out the window He lives with his sister who's away working all day There's nothing for him to...Learn More

It's a jazz spot, Jesus He's a jazz musician that works here Jazz for him is art and life, Lord This is the way he expresses himself Tells it as it is Hangs on and climbs But the night club world is a tough one If you wanna be free and be yourself It's interested in top stars and pop performers Steady work and the buck go together And both are...Learn More

It's bumper to bumper and the traffic is stalled My radio is on, yes, I'm listening to the news again In a few minutes there'll be some more music I wanna get home, Lord, but the traffic won't move I'm tired from working, tired of waiting, tired of listening to the stupid radio I'm too damn tired to be patient and I'm hot and sweaty I've worked...Learn More