A BETTER PLACE
©1994 JIM HARRIS
IT'S PERFECTLY SATISFACTORY
FOR PEOPLE TO GET THEIR 'DRUTHERS
BUT WHY DOES IT ALWAYS HAVE TO BE
WON AT THE PRICE OF ANOTHER'S
ONE AT THE PRICE OF ANOTHER'S
THOSE BITTERSWEET DISPATCHES
THOSE COMPLICATING CATCHES
THEY POUND MY BEAT IN BATCHES
THEY LINE THE SLIPPERY SLOPES
WHEN I THINK ABOUT THE COST
THE HOMELESS AND THE LOST
IT COULD EASILY EXHAUST
MY PASSION FOR LIFE
AND THE ONLY COMPENSATION
I CAN POSSIBLY CONCEIVE
MY ONLY CONSOLATION
IS SIMPLY TO BELIEVE
THERE'S A SOUL BEHIND THOSE EYES
THERE'S AN ANGEL IN DISGUISE
THERE'S A FIRE THAT SHAPE OR SIZE
CAN NEVER CONTAIN
THEY CAN SABOTAGE YOUR LIFEBOAT
RETURN YOU TO THE SEA
BUT THERE'S A GLORY IN HIS BOSOM
THAT TRANSFIGURES YOU AND ME
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I'LL SEE YOU IN A BETTER PLACE
WHERE NO ONE CAN HURT YOU AGAIN
MEET YOU IN A BETTER PLACE
WHEN ALL THIS IS OVER
SEE YOU IN A BETTER PLACE
GOODBYE AND FAREWELL UNTIL THEN
MAY THE WIND BE ON YOUR SIDE
ON AN EVERLASTING RIDE
IN THE WORLD, NOT OF IT
IT'S SOMETIMES HARD TO LOVE IT
AND WALK WITH MAN AS BROTHER
ONE FOOT IN FRONT OF THE OTHER
BUT THE DUMB SHALL ONE DAY SPEAK
AND THE HUMBLE AND THE MEEK
AND THE JUSTICE THAT WE SEEK
WILL FINALLY COME
THERE'S A GENTLE DESTINATION
SO RAISE YOUR RAGGED SAIL
THE WINDS OF LIBERATION
EVENTUALLY PREVAIL
THERE'S A BURDEN ON THE STRONG
WHERE THE BURDEN DOES BELONG
TO DETERMINE RIGHT AND WRONG
AND BALANCE THE SCALE
AND A MEASURE OF OUR GOODNESS
IS THE HARM WE WILL NOT DO
HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW
AND I KNOW HE'S WATCHING YOU
I'LL SEE YOU IN A BETTER PLACE
WHERE NO ONE CAN HURT YOU AGAIN
MEET YOU IN A BETTER PLACE
WHEN ALL THIS IS OVER
SEE YOU IN A BETTER PLACE
AND WE'LL SING TO LIFE
WITHOUT ENDING
AMEN
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