Angel In The Ashes - for Joan Baez.
Music and lyrics written by Sam Gleaves, 2010.
(C) 2015 Fabulachian Music, ASCAP.
The warfare it is raging, in its wake you stand
One hand on the guitar strings, I believe I hear the noise of wings
A voice that runs like rivers all across a barren land
All God’s children going to Heaven and you’re one among the band
CHORUS:
An angel in the ashes is never out of place
Sit down where the bullets fly and sing Amazing Grace
One day when we all wake up and I hope it won’t be long
If I hear your sweet, sweet voice, then I’ll know . . . I’ve made it home
When all the roses in the world turned up at your feet
Who knew what you had in store, that one way ticket, it could’ve been yours
But the silence needed breaking and the broken need a song
So you stood up right beside them, landed right where you belong
CHORUS
When I see clouds swelling, smell the coming rain
I set my head between my knees, there’s a gentle voice that comes to me
It kneels right down beside me and it trembles just the same
And something like a song starts to running through my veins
BRIDGE: There is so much wrong, you ain’t scared to say it
Take out your guitar and play it
Do what you came to do
Sing the people through
One day when we all wake up and I hope it won’t be long
If I hear your sweet, sweet voice, then I’ll know . . . I’ve made it home