Living Proof

[Verse 1] Well, now on a summer night In a dusky room Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon Well, in his mother's arms It was all the beauty I could take Like the missing words to some prayer Oh, that I could never make, oh [Chorus] In a world so hard and dirty So fouled and confused Searching for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof [Verse 2] Well, I put my heart and soul, babe I put 'em high up on a shelf Yeah, right next to that faith The faith that I'd lost in myself I went down into the desert city Yeah, just tryin' so hard to shed my skin I crawled deep into some kind of darkness Lookin' to burn out every, every trace of who I'd been [Chorus] You do some sad, sad things, baby When it's you, you're tryin' to lose You do some sad and hurtful things I've seen living proof [Bridge] You shot through my anger and rage To show me my prison was just an open cage There were no keys, no guards Oh, just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars [Instrumental Break] [Verse 3] Well, now, all that's sure on the boulevard Is that life is just a house of cards As fragile as each and every breath Of this boy sleepin' in our bed Tonight, let's lie beneath the eaves, baby We're just a close band of happy thieves And when that train comes, we'll get on board We'll steal what we can from the treasures, treasures of the Lord [Chorus] It's a long, long drought, baby Tonight, the rain's pourin' down on our roof Oh, looking for a little bit of God's mercy I found living proof [Outro] Oh, living proof I found living proof Yeah, living proof I found living proof Oh, living proof I found living proof Oh, baby Yeah, I found living proof I found living proof I found living proof Oh, now