don't get cross with me young man
no i'm looking toward my promised land
oh heaven knows i've been a fool, but hell don't dance and i sure don't duel
i've seen some things that'll twist your spine
go on and tell me yours and i'll show you mine
listen closely if you don't mind trying
only one thing needs remembering if we're all to be fine
that's to work real hard try not to complain
till that sweet love makes me whole again
and i know my work is never done till i can see the good in everyone
well we crossed that river back and forth
it got too damn hot down there so we headed north
come white winter we headed south with empty hands and dry thirsty mouths
until that water boils and that desert flood
till the cities all sleep and the stones cry blood
till the lame do walk and the blind do see i will give you all thats left of me
and i just work real hard try not to complain
till that sweet love makes me whole again
and i know my work is never done till i can see the good in everyone
they say that preacher gonna preach, that their gonna steal
devil gonna wound and the lord gonna heal
i said don't make your mind up too quick
which one is which cause they all been known to bait
and switch but ain't that last temptation always
the worst the way it all boils down to that final verse
i know even when my songs been sung
i will still recall where they all begun
and i just work real hard try not to complain
till that sweet love make me whole again
and i know my work is never done till i can see the good in everyone