Keep On

I once knew a prophet and he wrestled a bear On a Rocky Mountain highway and an answered prayer He gave me his voice and the cross I bear And he sings when I open my mouth He danced with the devil ‘til he saw the sun Sometimes he lost, sometimes he won A holy fire, a blazing tongue Now I’m the keeper of the flame he tended The road was narrow and the path was straight Hе’d keep on walking ‘cause a quitter can’t show you the way You gotta keep on, keep on, keep on Keep on, keep on, oh keep on Buriеd in my heart all the words he said About the garden and the serpent and the unraised dead Believe he could see what lies ahead Gave me faith on days that I couldn’t And though his flesh and bones have gone He speaks to me through foreign tongues I know I’m right where I belong I see the bear on the top of that mountain The road is narrow but the path is straight I keep on walking ‘cause a quitter can’t show you the way