Blessed Is the Memory

[Verse 1]

I remember the promise that you made in the barn

When the kittens were born and you could not keep warm

So you moved away the mountain that the sun rose behind

And you said yourself a prayer and laid down with the blind

But you lost them in your freedom and you need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

[Verse 2]

And the vow of compassion that you swore through your teeth

When the war began to end and the photographs weep

Well, nobody blames you as the train pulls away

With its cargo of snow for these German paper-weights

But you lost them in your freedom and you need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

[Verse 3]

Well, its five in the morning, there's no one home

Except for your wife and your child on the phone

Somebody's got to listen to a promise or two

Oh, this room is far too small for a pilgrim like you

But you lost them in your freedom and you need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

[Verse 4]

So, now that you've decided to follow the sun

Like a shadow of birds or a king on the run

Oh, your chains are too dark for the seas you must swim

You are smiling at the seaweed but your smile is too grim

But you lost them in your freedom and you need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

[Outro]

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child