Johnny Red & the Prayerhouse People - Shine Your Light
I woke up one nightI knew something was brewing
I opened my window
And saw a stranger a'wooing
This tailored woman
With an absent smile
Now, she cut him off
Cold, belligerent style
I put on my pants
My boots and my grey coat
I fled the bustling city
Sweating bullets like the ancient scapegoat
With the lights all behind me
I felt my breath anew
I saw this sudden light
And had this vision too
Shine your light on me again
On a crooked highway
I met a wrong-eyed woman
She looked like a crow
The bird of ill omen
In sackcloth and ashes
She shook the dust off her feet
"Now ain't you coming, boy," she said
"Away from all this conceit"
"There's no more holy
It's been replaced with pride
The human mind is
Cold and fortified
Nobody's humble
Nobody's sound
Nobody here," she said, "is but about to drown"
"Now God ain't dead," she said
And she shook her head
And I felt the dread
Of her breath like lead
On me, all on me
"Now, does it make you a lesser man
If in His shadow you stand
And you raise your hand
To the mighty band
Above, above your head?"
Shine your light on me again
Written by:
John Gravdal
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