THE WRATH OF JAH

 

 

CHORUS:

WHEN I’M FEELING STUPID AND I THINK THE SUN DON’T SHINE

THAT’S WHEN I KNOW I’M GETTING SMARTER GETTING BRIGHTER ALL THE TIME

YOU DON’T HAVE TO LIKE ME AND YOU MAY NOT WANT TO WANT ME

BUT THERE’S A HARDER TRUTH TO HANDLE, THAT’S BEFORE THE DAY’S BEGUN IT’S DONE

 

VERSE:

WE USED TO MAKE LOVE OUT THERE UNDER THE MOONLIGHT

THE CHOO-CHOO TRAIN IT WAS A COMFORT FOR ME

AND YOU WERE THERE FOR ME

WITH A LOVE THAT MADE ME KNOW

 

IT HIT ME THERE IN THE MIDDLE OF GLORY

THAT NOTHING WAS THERE AS FAR AS I COULD SEE

WRAPPED IN LIBERTY

WITH A LOVE THAT MADE ME GROW

 

WERE YOU THERE FOR ME?

ALL THE TIME

ALWAYS THERE FOR ME

NONE OF THE TIME

NEVER THERE FOR ME

ALL THE TIME

 

CHORUS

 

VERSE:

I USED TO CRY GOD AND I USED TO CRY MARY

THE ROSARY BEAD IT WAS A COMFORT FOR ME

‘TILL IT MADE ME SEE

THAT MY SOUL WOULD FEEL THE HEAT

 

I LIFTED MY HEAD AND I TASTED THE RAINDROPS

THE SUN UP ABOVE IT WOULD SHINE DOWN ON ME

TO BE AL LIGHT FOR ME

UNTIL IT BLINDED ME

 

WERE YOU THERE FOR ME . . .

 

(WE USED TO MAKE LOVE, SUNSHINE ABOVE


CHOO-CHOO TRAIN)

 

(NOW FORGET EVERYTHING, THIS DIONYSIAN RAPTURE

RESURRECTING MY ID FROM THE THRALDOM OF JAH

I THINK HE’S PISSED AT ME

I’LL PRETEND THAT I DON’T KNOW)

 

WERE YOU THERE FOR ME . . .