Emmylou Harris - The Pearl Lyrics






O the dragons are gonna fly tonight
They're circling low and inside tonight
It's another round in the losing fight
Out along the great divide tonight

We are aging soldiers in an ancient war
Seeking out some half remembered shore
We drink our fill and still we thirst for more
Asking if there's no heaven what is this hunger for?

Our path is worn our feet are poorly shod
We lift up our prayer against the odds
And fear the silence is the voice of God

And we cry Allelujah Allelujah
We cry Allelujah

Sorrow is constant and the joys are brief
The seasons come and bring no sweet relief
Time is a brutal but a careless theif
Who takes our lot but leaves behind the grief

It is the heart that kills us in the end
Just one more old broken bone that cannot mend
As it was now and ever shall be amen

And we cry Allelujah Allelujah
We cry Allelujah

So there'll be no guiding light for you and me
We are not sailors lost out on the sea
We were always headed toward eternity
Hoping for a glimpse of Gaililee

Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled
Down through the long loneliness of the world
Until we behold the pain become the pearl

Cryin? Allelujah Allelujah
We cry Allelujah

And we cry Allelujah Allelujah
We cry Allelujah





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  1. c.... ....

    plaintive cry of masses. I love Emmylou. The cry in her voice.

  2. C.... T....

    O the dragons are gonna fly tonight
    They're circling low and inside tonight
    It's another round in the losing fight
    Out along the great divide tonight

    We are aging soldiers in an ancient war
    Seeking out some half remembered shore
    We drink our fill and still we thirst for more
    Asking if there's no heaven what is this hunger for?

    Our path is worn our feet are poorly shod
    We lift up our prayer against the odds
    And fear the silence is the voice of God

    And we cry Allelujah Allelujah
    We cry Allelujah

    Sorrow is constant and the joys are brief
    The seasons come and bring no sweet relief
    Time is a brutal but a careless thief
    Who takes our lot but leaves behind the grief

    It is the heart that kills us in the end
    Just one more old broken bone that cannot mend
    As it was now and ever shall be amen

    And we cry Allelujah Allelujah
    We cry Allelujah

    So there'll be no guiding light for you and me
    We are not sailors lost out on the sea
    We were always headed toward eternity
    Hoping for a glimpse of Gaililee

    Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled
    Down through the long loneliness of the world
    Until we behold the pain become the pearl

    Cryin´ Allelujah Allelujah
    We cry Allelujah

    And we cry Allelujah Allelujah
    We cry Allelujah

  3. C.... T....

    ''Like falling stars from the universe, we are hurled/Down through the long loneliness of the world'' ~ "The Pearl" by Emmylou Harris

    C.... T....

    Until we behold the Pain became the Pearl

  4. j.... b....

    Ok, Ok ....I'll add just one more public comment.....Here it is..

  5. j.... b....

    By god, I am going to add another public comment....

  6. j.... b....

    I just wanted to add apublic comment.....