Now and Then: Make Me the Wind

Make Me the Wind

Sunshine ain’t a cold splash
If you’ve been up all night
It’s just the final reminder
Without a feeling contrite
I’m weary of waiting
Knowing too well my fate
They say I’m eight coils from heaven
And the rope eye’s the gate

(Chorus)
Rope eye to rip torn
Bloodshot and frayed
I took without asking
From all this life gave
Rope eye to rip torn
Bloodshot and frayed
I jumped without asking
Cause they swore I’d be saved

They told me it was over
For my need they had not
I killed for the word
As they told me I ought
And God now I question
For most strange be his choice
To grant to the devils
Command of his voice

(Repeat chorus)

So here to my reward
The coffin its chest
They bury my treasure
They lay it to rest
A cold wooden body
Bones broken inside
It’s not ivory or silver
But it once held my life

So here to my reward
The coffin its chest
They bury my treasure
They lay it to rest
Some words from a preacher
Then “Amazing Grace” sung
And again the gravedigger
Says, “They take’em too young”

(Repeat chorus)

I can’t see heaven’s gate now
Nor feel the flames of hell
It’s darker than darkness
Fragrant not to smell
Just make me the wind, Lord
To blow through the tress
For the woman that visits
And still loves only me

(Repeat chorus)




July 13, 2006