Living Proof

Well, now on a summer night Well, in a dusky room Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon Yeah, in his mother's arms It was all the beauty I could take Like the missing words to some prayer Well, that I could never make Oh, in a world so hard and dirty So fouled and confused Searching for a little bit of god's mercy I found living proof Well, I put my heart and soul, baby I put 'em high upon a shelf Right next to that faith Faith that I'd lost in myself I went down into the desert city Yeah, just tryin' so hard to shed my skin I crawled deep into some kind of darkness Lookin' to burn out every, every trace of who I'd been You do some sad sad things baby Oh, when it's you you're tryin' to lose You do some sad and hurtful things I seen living proof You shot through my anger and rage To show me my prison was just an open, open cage There were no keys, no guards Oh, just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars Well, now all that's sure on the boulevard Is that life is just a house of cards As fragile as each and every breath Of this boy sleepin' in our bed Tonight let's lie beneath the eaves, baby It's just a close band of happy thieves And when that train comes, we'll get on board And steal what we can from the treasures, treasures of the Lord It's a long long drought baby Tonight the rain's pourin' down on our roof Oh, looking for a little bit of god's mercy I found living proof Oh, living proof I found living proof Yeah, living proof I found living proof Oh, living proof I found living proof Oh, living proof Yeah, I found living proof I found living proof I found living proof Oh alright