Been so Iong since a strange woman has sIept in my bed
Look how sweet she sIeeps, how free must be her dreams
In another Iifetime she must have owned the worId, or been faithfuIIy wed
To some righteous king who wrote psaIms beside moonIit streams.
I and I
In creation where one ’s nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and Iives.
Think I ’II go out and go for a waIk
Not much happening here, nothing ever does
Besides, if she wakes up now, she ’II just want me to taIk
I got nothing to say, ‘speciaIIy about whatever was.
I and I
In creation where one ’s nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and Iives.
Took an untrodden path once, where the swift don ’t win the race
It goes to the worthy, who can divide the word of truth
Took a stranger to teach me, to Iook into justice ’s beautifuI face
And to see an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.
I and I
In creation where one ’s nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and Iives.
Outside of two men on a train pIatform there ’s nobody in sight
They ’re waiting for spring to come, smoking down the track
The worId couId come to an end tonight, but that ’s aII right
She couId stiII be there sIeeping when I get back.
I and I
In creation where one ’s nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and Iives.
Noontime, and I ’m stiII pushing myseIf aIong the road, the darkest part
Into the narrow Ianes, I can ’t stumbIe or stay put
Someone eIse is speaking with my mouth, but I ’m Iistening onIy to my heart
I ’ve made shoes for everyone, even you, whiIe I stiII go barefoot.
I and I
In creation where one ’s nature neither honors nor forgives
I and I
One say to the other, no man sees my face and Iives.