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CARRY ME AWAY

Led by the spirit to the desert to search the landscape of my heart

A barren wasteland or oasis? It’s getting hard to tell the two apart

I took a walk down by the river to quench this thirsting in my soul

I’ve got a pan and life’s the river, looking for a flake of gold

     Raise my voice with the congregation joining hands to pray

     If there’s a peace that passes understanding let it carry me away

Followed desire to the west coast where nothing’s really as it seems

Gotten lost and need to find myself somewhere in these hazy dreams

     Raise my voice with the multitude on our knees in vain

     Waiting for either greed or providence to carry me away

     I’ve wasted too many tomorrows on broken yesterdays

     The time we’ve got is borrowed - so carry me away

Found myself in New York City amid the rubble of the twins

You’ve got to lose your life to find it, you’ve got to die to live

     Raise my voice in the streets alone, turn my night to day

     I’ve lived in darkness now I see the light - carry me away

©2013 by Jeffrey Scot Wills