Critical Transition

Words & Music by Danny Rifkin
©2001 Bonobos

Loneliness knocked at my back door
I opened up and I asked for more
Suddenly I was sick and poor
Without the love I hoped to adore.

The rain kept falling,
I was caught in a storm
Naked in the woods with no way to keep warm
Without my dreams,
I was never born
My death went unnoticed,
my life was unmourned.

I found love, couldn't get enough
I found love, love, love was all I needed
I found love, couldn't get enough
I found love, love, love was all I needed to survive

I became a rich man without any shoes
I bet on a long shot,
nothing to lose I had all I wanted,
there was nothing to choose

I was asleep in the night
when I heard the good news
The children had stopped crying, 
stomachs were full
The soldiers had stopped dying
in their own bloody pools
It poured out the drought lands,
the summers turned cool
The spirits of the people were one of renewal

We found love, learned to rise above
We found love, love, love was all we needed
We found love, learned to rise above
We found love, love, love was all we needed to survive
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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