Joni Davis Lyrics
Spiritual
I'm the figure of a woman
And I wept at his feet
He bathed himself in my tears
And he rebuked me
And I cried for long lonely days
And I cried for long lonely nights
And I prayed to his daddy dear
And I dressed myself in white
To be bathed in the light
A brother rose against his brother
Not a tear he shed
And his cries were heard all around
Rising up from the ground where he bled
And we are not our brothers keepers
We don't hold on we let go
And then we're down on our knees praying
And we are the next to know
And be bathed in the light
I get your letters
And he hears your prayers
And there's some long days of sinning
And there's some crosses to bear
But our faith will lead us
God's grace will shine through
And don't you know I see god in everyone
And don't you know I see the devil too
We're all bathed in the light
We all sin in the light
We all bathe in the light
Ever Seen
Have you ever seen a long time coming
Have you ever seen the rain running
Have you ever carried the weight of guilt
Have you ever seen the last rose of summer wilt
Well it seems that the time is nigh
And it seems that the water is rising higher
Have you ever seen your boy become a man
Have you ever seen his fists turn to hands
Have you ever seen a man doing all he can
Have you ever seen his hands bleed from the land
Well it seems the time is nigh
And seems the water is rising higher
I'll take you down to the river
And you can wade in the water
I'll take you down to the river
And I'll let you wade in the water
Because I need something
You gotta give me something
I need something
Oh lord you've got to give us something please
These Words
I cry for my home like I cry for my mother
And I cry for it now like I cried for a distant lover
And it ain't so bad being a human babe
The way we do this and try to rise above
All the error in us
Don't you know that
We're all we love and we're all we lack
And it's something that I believe
And you know
These words I write they ain't sad
well I lived there my whole life
The place that was
The breathing belly of
All my love and my hate
But once you're gone darling
Don't you know you don't realize it all
Until it's just too late
And you know
These words I write they ain't sad
I used to sit in them warm nights
With a heart that was floating
Like a feather on a swell of air
When you know those times
When you just feel like
You belong somewhere
Yet here I am alive and breathing
Don't you know them rhythms they run so deep
One day I'm taking you back for good
And we'll be like some of them poor people
Who ain't never seen the ocean
And I'll be counting all the change
Like some dirty old coins on a table
And you know
That these words I write
They still ain't sad
Trouble
Being left alone with myself
It ain't never been good for me
Or nobody else
Them roots are in the ground
But what's coming up's blind
And why do I need reminding
Of my love from time to time
The weight of the world
You know it rests on my hands
Because the weight of the world
You know it rests on shifting sands
So when the waves of trouble
Start lapping at my feet
I call to the dark around me
And I step aboard my fleet
I will be rowing that boat as long as I live
Oh it's like getting love
In the backseat of a car
It's like feeling sinful
And knowing full well that you are
Once is sweet
Twice is sweet
Three times sweet
But more I don't know
All I want in life is to be
Free from all them waves of trouble
That wash right over me
But I will be rowing that boat as long as I live
I went down to the sea
And the water was waving a warning at me
I looked and I took it in
And I turned and I counted to three
And I knew that one day
That one day I would be free
From all the waves of trouble
That seem to wash right over me
Julie
Oh my julie
Can you tell me was it breathtaking
Oh my julie
Can you tell me was it covered in diamonds
And did the water taste just like wine
My julie don't you forget
You're still mine
What It Takes
Do you know what it takes
To be a woman these days?
She calls me in
And she sits me down
And she shoots out some words
Like little bullets from her mouth
Well these aren't the words
To be thrown around
They smack me in my face
And they knock me to the ground
My wounds are weeping
And she sits to rest
I get down off the cross
And I ask her again
I say
Do you know what it takes
To be a woman these days
No
Hymn
I'll take you by the hand
And I'll tell you you're my man
And if you fall onto your knees
I'll lift you up again
We'll watch babies so sweet
While in their cribs they sleep
And when they cry for their mothers arms
We'll watch them as they weep
We'll kneel on earth so dark
Where tears and blood have marked
The beginning of our mortal ends
Which made the dirt so dark
So take me by the hand
And tell me I'm you're woman
And if I fall on to my knees
Lift me up again
The songs my father sings
The fog the ocean brings
The open road lying at my feet
And my dear my wedding ring
Ca
You can't leave me over here
With all the snakes and the dogs
I must get back to the warm valley west
And breath in the thick valley fog
You can't leave me over there
In all that pale sun
My home is down by the mouth of the river
Where land and sea are one
You can't take this woman from her home
Lest she be pining for the rest of her days
You can't leave me over here
It's gonna be the death of me
Just drop me off of the 101
Underneath an old oak tree
You can't take this woman from her home
Lest she be pining for the rest of her days
You You You
The wind is shaking my house to the ground
And the porch swing is swinging round and round
The rain is flooding my garden out
But I prayed for the rain to be the end of the drought
The lightning has split the old oak tree in two
And I'm afraid my dear
There ain't a goddamn thing we can do
The cold has soaked in down to my bones
And I don't have no place to call my home
But you you you
You're here by my side
You you you
You're here by my side
And I know everything's gonna be just fine
Because my darlin
You got your sweet hand inside mine