Down So Long
Hands

Down So Long

sun sets 'cross the ocean
I'm a thousand miles from anywhere
my pocketbook and my heart both just got stolen
and the sun act like she don't even care
the wind blows cold when you reach the top
it feels like someone's face is stuck to the bottom of my shoe
I got a plastic jesus, a cordless telephone for every corner of my room
got everybody but you telling me what to do
but I've been down so long
ooh, it can't be longer still
I've been down so long
that the end must be drawing near

I look to everybody but me to answer my prayers
'til I saw an angel in a bathroom
who said she saw no one worth saving anywhere
and a blind man on the corner said it's simple, like flipping a coin
don't matter what side it lands on if it's someone else's dime

but I've been down so long
ooh, it can't be longer still
we've been down so long
that the end must be drawing near

I take a trip, I catch a train, I catch a plane
I got a ticket in my hand
and then a man takes my money
and like cattle we all stand

but we've been down so long
ooh, it can't be longer still
we've been down so long
the end must be... I know the end must be...
oh, I know the end must be drawing near


Hands

if I could tell the world just one thing
it would be that we're all ok
and not to worry 'cause worry is wasteful
and useless in times like these
I won't be made useless
I won't be idle with despair
I will gather myself around my faith
for light does the darkness most fear

my hands are small, I know
but they're not yours, they are my own
but they're not yours, they are my own
and I am never broken

poverty stole your golden shoes
it didn't steal your laughter
and heartache came to visit me
but I knew it wasn't ever after
we'll fight, not out of spite
for someone must stand up for what's right
cause where there's a man who has no voice
there ours shall go singing
my hands are small I know
but they're not yours, they are my own
but they're not yours, they are my own
I am never broken

in the end only kindness matters 
in the end only kindness matters 
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray
I will get down on my knees, and I will pray

my hands are small I know
but they're not yours, they are my own
but they're not yours, they are my own
and I am never broken
my hands are small I know
but they're not yours, they are my own
but they're not yours, they are my own and I am never broken
we are never broken

we are god's eyes
god's hands
god's mind
we are god's eyes
god's hands
god's heart
we are god's eyes
god's hands
god's eyes
we are god's hands
we are god's hands