Gather Up

The sun rises, and she's lying beside me Lost in her dreaming, behind closed eyes And the covers rest on her shoulders Softly she's breathing, her head turned to mine If there was one picture That I could take in my life I'd take the one beside me In

Gather up in the arms of your pity The sick, the depraved, the desperate, the tired All the scum of out weary city Gather up in the arms of your love Those who expect no love from above I ask you this, which way to turn I ask you this, which sin to b

I watch her walk before me Her children in her arms The proof of all her choices I see the weight in her eyes She's learned to talk to angels That's how she survives They come to her at night Oh saint Teresa I know you're tired So lay with me and res

There's a love he cannot hide Though he waits in the line to fight So he looks up to welcome you, his child Little stranger girl, you are home tonight He reaches out a thousand miles An sends his voice to where you lie And in your dreams he carries y

April lay in your hands The sign of rain for the year You knew the time had come at last Your heart no longer called you here Oh, carolina, something's wrong You've lost the wind in your sails And now you float to a land And you pray the ground will

Is it hard to live in silence When I look you in the eyes Well you crave forgiveness But still don't apologize Is it love that you're afraid of In the words that you ignore Well we made a promise But we can't stay here anymore 'cause you gave everyth