Blessed Is the Memory

I remember the promise that you made in the barn

When the kittens were born and you could not keep warm

So, you moved away the mountains that the sun rose behind

You said yourself a prayer and laid down with the blind

You lost them in your freedom

You need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

And a vow of our compassion that you swore through your teeth

When the war began to end and the photographs weep

Nobody blames you as the train pulls away

With its cargo full of snow for these German paperweights

You lost them in your freedom

You need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

Well, it's five in the morning, and there's no one at home

Except for your wife and your child on the phone

Someone's got to listen to a promise or two

This room is far too small for a pilgrim like you

You lost him in your freedom

You need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

And now that you've decided to follow the sun

Like a shadow of birds or a king on the run

Your chains are too dark for the seas you must swim

You're smilin' at the seaweed, but your smile is too grim

You lost them in your freedom

You need him now, you're wild

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

(Blessed is the memory of everybody's child)

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Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

(Blessed is the memory of everybody's child)

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Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

(Blessed is the memory of everybody's child)

(Child, child, child, child, child, child, child, child)

Blessed is the memory of everybody's child

(Blessed is the memory of everybody's child)

(Child, child, child, child, child, child, child, child)

Blessed is the memory  (Everybody's child)

Blessed is the memory (Of everybody's child)

(Child, child, child, child, child, child, child, child)

Blessed is the memory (Everybody's child)