Sunday, February 7, 2010

I Shall Not Walk Alone

I think this one qualifies as folk music, NOT country. Anyway, it kinda reminds me of the Beatles' Let It Be with its reference to Mary in the chorus. I've included the lyrics below so you can judge the song thumbs up or a thumbs down. Personally, I give it a thumbs up, but I don't quite feel it belongs in mass.

Oh and where did I come across it? Of all places- an episode of Lost.



Battered and torn, still I can see the light
Tattered and worn, but I must kneel down to fight
Friend of mine, what can't you spare?
I know some times, it gets cold in there

When my legs no longer carry
And the warm wind chills my bones
I reach for Mother Mary
And I shall not walk alone

Hope is alive, while we're apart
Only tears speak for my heart
Break the chains that hold us down
And we shall be, forever bound

When I'm tired and weary
And a long way from home
I reach for Mother Mary
And I shall not walk alone
I shall not walk alone

Beauty that we left behind
How shall we tomorrow find?
Set aside our weight in sin
So that we can live again

When my legs no longer carry
And the warm wind chills my bones
I reach for Mother Mary
And I shall not walk alone

I shall not walk alone

2 comments:

Shirley said...

Tom, I really enjoyed that, it's very emotional and it is a modern version of the old Negro spirituals- which I love. Remember "Nobody knows the trouble I'm in"? One of the greats.

Tracy said...

I really like it!