Like a River
from Porch Light by Carl-Eric Tangen
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Written in Newberg, Oregon, 2011
lyrics
Juan Diego holds his father's calloused hands
Like a red rose withered in the Mexican sun
Makes the sign of the cross and he points down the road
To the hill, to where his father's gone
After all the birds have flown
O Love, like a river, won't you carry me?
Juan Diego wipes the dirt from his hands
Like red blood, bleeding from the Mexican sun
Makes the sign of the cross and he points down the road
To the hill where our mother came
After all the birds have flown
O Love, like a river, won't you carry me?
And in this desert of dust and stone
O Love, like a river, won't you carry me?
Like a red rose withered in the Mexican sun
Makes the sign of the cross and he points down the road
To the hill, to where his father's gone
After all the birds have flown
O Love, like a river, won't you carry me?
Juan Diego wipes the dirt from his hands
Like red blood, bleeding from the Mexican sun
Makes the sign of the cross and he points down the road
To the hill where our mother came
After all the birds have flown
O Love, like a river, won't you carry me?
And in this desert of dust and stone
O Love, like a river, won't you carry me?
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from Porch Light,
released February 28, 2017
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Carl-Eric Tangen Edmonds, Washington
Experimental sacred Americana from the Pacific Northwest. Member of coastlandcommons.org
discography
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Feb 2017 -
Dec 2017 -
Dec 2008 -
Nov 2011 -
Dec 2012 -
Apr 2008
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