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