Asleep in a doorway back to the wall
Head down, right hand up to receive the call
Other hand hanging strong, strong like Joe Louis
Sad, pathetic, tragic by circumstance
I don't want to show my hand
But I'm helpless to straighten it
About to say in sleep what I could never say awake
You've taken this away
I can't draw my breath
In the peace and sweetness of my own bed
But here in these dull and nameless rags
On this humbling stoop
I wait for the wheels of the city to roll
I'm alone, I'm sick, I'm dying
See my hand up-tipped
Learn the secret of my human heart
Give me the thing, give me your hand
Take me to the Emerald Mountains beyond this land
Let's build a bridge and not a wall
Something to bind us and not divide us all
I see it in your eyes, I know you friend
Leave something behind that will remain in the end
O Brother in the night
Take me home lock me in safe
Take me to where all is peace and amity
To the family of my life, my mother, my father
My sister, my wife and you my brother and you my friend
O Lord save me from my own head
So build a bridge and not a wall
Something to bind us, not divide us all
I see it in your eyes, I know you friend
Leave something behind us that will remain in the end
