Well, I see hands and I see attesting faces Reaching up but not quite touching the promised land Well, I taste tears and precious years wasted Saying "Lord, please send us a helping hand" (Love, love, love) Out in the mountain stands a woman (Love, love, love) Yeah, I feel a shining light (Love, love, love) Love must be the answer (Love, love, love) Thank you, Lord, and keep her alright Got that earth blues today Well, I hear the thunder, freedom's beating heart Sirens crashing, with black earth, with rock and stone I think you better love me now darling, it just might be too late after a while And tell our child to bury old daddy's broken clothes (Love, love, love) Hey, I see a beautiful woman (Love, love, love) Yes, and I feel the shining light on me (Love, love, love) Love must be the answer (Love, love, love) Help me, Lord, and keep her alright for me (Help me, darling) Help you, darling (Help me, darling) To keep the light (Help me, darling) Everything alright (Help me, darling) To keep shining bright (Help me, darling) Help me, darling (Help me, darling) Help me, darling (Help me, darling) Ooh (Help me, darling) Got that earth blues today (Love, love, love) Ooh, ooh (Love, love, love) Yeah, but uh, sometimes my imagination grabs me by surprise A queen of ebony in chains I visualize And back on the moon I see her portrait in a tomb And these words are written "First woman from God's womb" (Love, love, love) Hey, stands a woman (Love, love, love) And I feel a shining light (Love, love, love) Love, love, love must be the answer (Love, love, love) Thank you, Lord, and keep her alright Yeah I think I'll be alright with my baby, mama Ooh Shake me the blues away from me baby
