As Tears Roll By - Daniel Lanois

I’ve been working downtown inside my troubles

I’ve been working downtown inside my troubles

I’ve been sleeping under the bridge of Highway One

And I don’t know where my saviour is

As tears roll by

Oh dear heart, I know it’s been a long time

And the pendulum swings so wide

I’ve been wrestling with the burning spear

With the burning spear

Don’t want to be like this another year

As tears roll by

I could never see your perfect rainbow

Avalanche buried me deep in the snow

Murky smokestack made me fall

Cold ambition written on my wall

I got mixed up and fell down

I got mixed up as years roll by

I could be a patriot if I could see

But the TV talking man make no sense to me

And I don’t know where our saviour lives

And I don’t know where my saviour is

Building up, building down

As tears roll by

Got to keep my spirit out of trouble

Keep myself out of trouble

But the hands of need are calling me

I feel mortality

Tumble down, tumble down

As years roll by

They were building a building like forever

Heads buried deep inside a fever

The spirit cried out from the ground

Sweet, sweet maternal sounds

Tumble, tumble, tumble down

To the ground

As fears roll by

As tears roll by

As tears roll by

As tears roll by

As tears roll by