Originals 55 - 58

My son will not be here for this Thanksgiving Nor will he be with me on Christmas Eve Christmas day he'll be miles away Guess I need to concede All those years the two of us against the world Somehow I didn't quite believe That life would change And would feel so strange to me Snow falls all around The ground is white again And just for a moment All is right again Until the light gives way to night again I'm alone and on my own again My mother, she has lived to see such losses So many of her friends have passed away She won't let it show, she won't let you know How her heart still breaks today Every person I pass on the street today Has a story laden as my own I pass by and see in their eye Hearts longing to go home Snow falls all around The ground is white again And just for a moment All is right again Until the light gives way to night again I'm alone and on my own again A million tiny windows in the city A human there behind each single frame So many souls all growing old Wonder if somehow we feel the same Snow falls all around The ground is white again And just for a moment All is right again Until the light gives way to night again We're alone and on our own again We share the loss Of things we once knew But the white of the snow Brings hope to me - and you

Clinging to the rock while I feel the sea Pulling it all away from me Just a minute before I was standing on the shore Looking at a new horizon Now I'm holding out hope That the sun will shine Bring a little light to this dream of mine I can make it through the dark If I know that the sun will keep rising I'd thought we were on our way Things were looking good Equality, enlightenment I thought we understood The value of humanity And our precious mother earth We were on the path it seemed A new road to rebirth (Now I'm) Clinging to the rock while I feel the sea Pulling it all away from me Just a minute before I was standing on the shore Looking at a new horizon Now I'm holding out hope That the sun will shine Bring a little light to this dream of mine I can make it through the dark If I know that the sun will keep rising How will change get underway If we don't believe our eyes? Choosing only what we want to see And choosing only lies All this needless provocation For so many this is hell And I'm afraid we've gone too far this time But only time will tell (Now I'm) Clinging to the rock while I feel the sea Pulling it all away from me Just a minute before I was standing on the shore Looking at a new horizon How is it that hate still grows Are we not beyond that now? We teach our children how to care and love And yet still somehow We're clinging to the rock While we feel the sea Taking away what's right and free Just a minute before We were standing on the shore Looking at a new horizon We're still holding out hope Standing in the rain Waiting to see the light again We can make it through the dark If we know that the sun will keep rising Holding out hope That the sun will shine Bring a little light to this dream of mine I can make it through the dark If I know the sun Will keep rising

Walking down a garden path my thoughts were interrupted By a moment I corrupted years ago Redemption's what I'm after; I envision light and laughter And somehow in my heart I think they know But of course I can't be sure, cuz nothing is for certain I can't see behind the curtain, but I'll try To send up every loving thought, to give a gift that can't be bought To comfort hearts who feel they're born to cry And it seems to me, that we might not be So far from each other after all The first the middle and the last The highest and the lowest caste Once set in motion, all dominoes will fall And it seems we're all connected after all He had her on his mind today, ages since they'd spoken Communication broken, lines were down So he lingered in the moment with one well-intentioned thought Nothing is for naught, it all goes around She was thinking at the same time; her mind was on him too Just a thought out of the blue came from above Two people, they were miles apart, but the distance didn't matter Through the static and the clatter there came love And it seems to me, that we might not be So far from each other after all The first the middle and the last The highest and the lowest caste Once set in motion, all dominoes will fall And it seems we're all connected after all A dying thing becomes the food that nourishes some growing brood The death of one, the birth of some new thing From the lowest peasant to the highest king Walking down a garden path my thoughts were interrupted By a moment I corrupted years ago Redemption's what I'm after; I envision light and laughter And somehow in my heart I think I know So it seems to me, that we might not be So far from each other after all The first the middle and the last The highest and the lowest caste Once set in motion, all dominoes will fall And it seems we're all connected after all Oh it seems we're all connected After all

Whatcha gonna do? Whatcha gonna do? This might dog you to your grave, no one's gonna save you Whatcha gonna do? You can tell them how you feel, but they won't hear your appeal Whatcha gonna do? Where you gonna go? Where you gonna go? You can drive yourself downtown, raise a sign and cover ground Where you gonna go? You can travel anywhere, but the problem will be there Where you gonna go? Who you gonna blame? Who you gonna blame? Oh this thing is deep and wide, and you can't see inside Who you gonna blame? What are we gonna do? What are we gonna do? Things just go from bad to worse, seems we can't escape this curse What we gonna do? Things are changing that's for sure, and I sure don't have a cure What we gonna do? What are we gonna do? Keep on pushing through, keep on pushing through That's what we're gonna do