Resurrection Band
REACH OF LOVE - 1993
Heart's Desire
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
There You hung for all to see Broken Man on a twisted tree We lowered our eyes in the lowering light Unnailed the body before the night You are my heart's desire You set my soul on fire You're all I need Our sin You took and took it well Repaid the debt drawn when we fell For us it was life For you much worse Cursed Blessing, Blessed Curse There You hung for all to see Broken man on a twisted tree River of Life to quench our thirst Cursed Blessing, Blessed Curse
If Your Love Grows Cold
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
December wind cuts like a knife On a neglected face Suburban sprawling on a thick rich rug Before the fireplace If your love grows cold You've got to warm it up If your love grows cold You've got to give it up He's in prison she walks the street There are no children here City fathers spin that wheel Manicured sincere Rush Limbaugh and the state patrol Solving South L.A. Big blessings in a big glass house Here comes the ricochet
Numbers
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
I'm the one with the stare who talks to himself I live in a chair ‹ I'm put on the shelf I'm an ugly picture in a twisted frame Do you recognize me? Do you know my name? Got myself a room and a medicine man But what I'd give just to find a friend They pass me by when I'm on the street They look the other way, afraid of the freak I got discharged in '71 From a Georgia town to communist gun Lost my woman and landed in jail Number ten six eleven couldn't pay his bail Painted by numbers black is ten Brown says change my address again Painted by numbers keepin' the code Green and red says overload Painted by numbers statistical slot Halfway crazy and halfway not Painted by numbers in a gentle land Left to find dinner in a garbage can Hit the street then hit the wall Pills can't catch you when you fall Accidents happen ‹ do people too?? Painted by numbers black and blue Color by numbers left to chance Love expressed in a Thorazine dance Painted by nubers where we fall Subtract my soul, divide us all
Sunrise
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
The day is coming you'll forget your gold You'll throw it in the streets like a sacrifice of old But you won't be able to buy what you most desire Another sunrise to avoid the fire No, it won't protect you from the crowd of sins They've come to get you No it won't protect you from the state you're in When it's time to go The day is coming you'll forget your power There'll be be no favors to trade in that final hour No political talk, you have reached the top Now it's time to come, come back down Promises you didn't keep are hangin' around They won't protect you From the pack of lies you spread in this town When it's time to go The time is comin' you'll remember the day And every bit of truth you threw away And every bit of love that you crucified Will be comin' back to haunt you like a jilted bride It'll come to get you, don't you worry 'bout that No, it won't forget you It will surely find you 'xactly where you're at When it's time to go
Dead To The World
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
More than addicted she was DOA Sellin' body and soul in bad habit USA Now she motivated got herself a Friend Got her head straightened out gonna start A new life trend And she ain't got nothin' to lose Since she found out the truth she is dead to the world Dead-dead to the world Thought he wanted money lookin' for a name But when the sun went down he couldn't buy the light of day When it finally came it was no surprise He'd been prayin' so long with afire in his eyes Now he ain't got nothin' but nothin' to lose Since he found out the truth he is dead to the world Now they ain't got nothin' to lose They would rather follow truth Now they are dead to the world Used to be a sinner runnin' from the law Tryin' to save my life but I was losin'it all Got myself a Lawyer, got myself a Friend Got myself a Lover whose love is never gonna end Now ain't got nothin' but nothin' to lose Since I found out the truth I am dead to the world
Reach of Love
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
Days come when I feel alone and cold Freedom seems so uneven a trade For the warmth I felt when You where near me Take me, oh, take me back to the time We'll leave this world behind Take me, oh, take me Am I beyond the reach of love? You've often told me I could never lose You You'd be there no matter where I'd run In the same breath You say I didn't choose You Let the distance between us Be reduced to none Take me, oh, take me back to the time We'll leave this world behind Take me, oh, take me Don't let me be beyond the reach of love Take me, oh, take me back to the time We'll leave this world behind Take me, oh, take me Don't let me be beyond the reach of love That's the reach of love, oho ho (7) That's the reach of love
Land of Stolen Breath
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
Dust along a broken road chokes the golden sun In the land of stolen breath a shot rings out from a child's gun And chaos rains without a tear upon unburied treasures here They find no honor or respect in the land of stolen breath A woman sold tea in the square and brought the pennies home But not today, her pennies lay beside her on the stone Her children wait, the shadows fall on hopes for her return They wait to hear a lullaby they have not yet learned He took sides with bread and bullets in no-man's-land He's an orphan king Father died in diseased abandon, power owns what widows bring Townships float upon the sea of a human greed and misery The deserts feed on refugees - we watch it all on TV Pure religion is just this: to greet the widow with a kiss Feed the orphan, love the poor of these bloody civil wars And chaos rains without a tear upon unburied treasures here They find no profit - just neglect In the land of stolen breath Stolen breath Stolen
Mannequin's Dream
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
Dull steel, my personal sky Clouded with confusion, rainin' inside Lightning flashes when I understand But it tastes like ashes And melts in my hand I'd kiss real life Mine is mannequin Painted and pretty And hollow within God, where is life? Mine is mannequin Painted and petty And hollow within
Empty Hearts
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
He reached for the wire, right out his back door Jumping from the fire escape, off of his fourth floor His foot still touching, his hand caught fire Thirty thousand volts made his heartbeat a liar Nothin's worse than the dues to pay, for an empty heart Empty hearts, an empty heart will tear you apart A screem in the night, dialin' 911 The shock of their lives, over and done She was alone in the crowd, shadow on the wall The ambulance left, takin' it all They thought they had somethin' with nothin' to lose But in the mornin' light - she knew the truth Nobody noticed - never asked her name Just a face in the night, gone up in flames Empty hearts She loved him so much, they thought they had it made But when the sun came up, he never saw the light of day
Thought I'd Never Love Again
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
I remember rolling thunder I remember holding you But when the cold rain hit that pale grey stone I swear my heart was buried too I thought I'd never love again Take me back when days were lighter Let my sorrows be my friends In the mercy of each morning I'll live in love that never ends I thought I'd never love again
White Lies
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
Pretending not to notice You put them in their place Was a time they weren't so uppity In you kinder, gentler face White lies Truth cries At the white man's lies That tribe of invisible men Keep bringing up history You say, "If they had any sence of dignity they'd understand work makes you free" Face the truth It's no use Justice dies Behind white lies You suggest a final solution Well, every bigot has his day The problem's written all over your face You think you're saved by race Truth cries in the face of lies Behind those eyes Blind white lies
On My Dyin' Bed
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
Wind came up with a howl an' moan Wind came up with a howl an' a moan Mighty Wind an' I shoulda known Come my angel take me up an' on Oh, Lord, on my dyin' bed I'll be flyin' Lord Jesus, gonna see Your face And all Your glory in that place Ain't nobody that can stop me now Ain't no body gonna hold me down Oh, Lord, on my dyin' bed Lord gonna meet Ya on my dyin' bed
Heart's Desire (Reprise)
Resurrection Band - REACH OF LOVE - © 1993
You are my heart's desire You set my soul on fire You're all I need