From Grief to Joy

I woke up this morning with the blues all around my head

I woke up this morning with the blues all around my head

I felt like someone in my family was dead

I jumped up like a rabbit and fell down to my knees

I jumped up like a rabbit and fell down to my knees

I called all around me,

Have mercy on me, please

Then over by the window, a voice came low and hollow

Over by the window a voice came low and hollow

It s poke into my pain, into my yearning sorrow

Spoke into my pain

Who was it? I cried

What wild ghost has come in agitation?

Who is it? I cried

What wild ghost has come in agitation?

It's half past midnight

Oh, why you disturb me so late?

Then I saw a movement around my narrow bed

I saw a movement around my narrow bed

A ghost in giant sneakers, laughing stars around his head

Who sat on a narrow bed, this flaming boy

Who sat on a narrow bed, this flaming boy

Said, "We've all had too much sorrow

Now is the time for joy"

All across the world they shout out their angry words

All across the world they shout out their angry words

About the end of love

Yet the stars stand above the earth

Bright, triumphant metaphors of love

Bright, triumphant metaphors of love

That blind us all who care to stand and look beyond

That dare to stand and look beyond, above

And I jumped up like a rabbit and fell down to my knees

I jumped up like a rabbit and fell down to my knees

I called all around me

Have mercy on me, please