LIFE ON EARTH (with Preservation Hall Jazz Band)

[Verse 1]

Sky in the trees and birds and the bees

Life on Earth is long

Rivers and lakes and floods and earthquakes

Life on Earth is long

[Chorus]

And, no, I might not meet you there

Leaving it beyond repair

[Verse 2]

Won't you hold me?

So I can see

The man in the mask at the desk with a flask

Sings, "Life on Earth is long"

And the girl in a cage with the moon in her eye

Sings, "Life on Earth is long"

[Chorus]

And, no, I might not meet you there

To feel the breeze and breathe the air

[Verse 3]

But it's in me

Infinitely

Monarchs in flight, dawn's early light

Life on Earth is long

The sun in the west and the one you love best

Life on Earth is long

[Chorus]

And, no, I might not meet you there

Spirit blinded by despair

[Bridge]

Oh, but the lightning strikes

To illuminate the night

[Chorus]

And, no, I might not meet you there

Through galaxies of song and prayer

[Outro]

I'll be lost in time

Growing on a vine

Egyptian spring and love in Beijing

Life on Earth is long

Life on Earth is long