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Picture Of Jesus

Written by: Ben Harper [SONGS/LYRICS] | [MAIN MENU]

it hangs above my altar
like they hung him from a cross
i keep one in my wallet
for the times that i feel lost
in a wooden frame with splinters
where my family kneels to pray
and if you listen close
you'll hear the words he used to say

it has been spoken
he would come again
but would we recognize
this king among men
there was a man in our time
his words shine bright like the sun
he tried to lift the masses
and was crucified by gun

some days have no beginning
and some days have no end
some roads are straight and narrow
and some roads only ben
so let us say a prayer
for every living thing
walking towards a light
from the cross of a king

i've got a picture of jesus
in his arms my prayers rest
i've got a picture of jesus
and with him we shall be forever blessed

Comme bon nombre d'entre nous le pense (et quoi de + original) que de te dire Ben à quel point tu es WONDERFUL!!! ça fait pa st. longtemps que je ne connais B.H mais j'ai tt de suite accrocher avec ses musique à la fois calme et rytmé et puis ça s'écoute sans "fin"!! c'est de la vraie gourmandise !! ...Dc j'ai chercher ds "google" à Ben Harper et ........ je tombe sur son site méga extra! Non mais kel site!! ge-nia-le!! on peux écouter les albums(prencore plus se convaincre de l'acheter!) et puis il est super bien faits Bref pour tous ça ! MERCI !!"

If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
[aka Mother Pray]

Written by: traditional

Originally performed by: [SONGS/LYRICS] | [MAIN MENU]

how sweet and happy seem those days of which i dream
memories i recall now and then
and with a rapture sweet my weary heart would beat
if i could hear my mother pray again

around the old homeplace her cherishing smiling face
was always bringing comfort joy and cheer
and when she used to sing to her eternal king
it was the sound i loved to hear

if i could hear my mother pray again
if i could hear her tender voice as then
how happy i would be
it would mean so much to me
if i could hear my mother pray again

I Shall Not Walk Alone

Written by: Ben Harper [SONGS/LYRICS] | [MAIN MENU]

battered and torn
still i can see the light
tattered and worn
but i must kneel 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 from 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

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

Another Lonely Day

Written by: Ben Harper [SONGS/LYRICS] | [MAIN MENU]

yes indeed i'm alone again
and here comes emptiness crashing in
it's either love or hate
i can't find in between
cause i've been with witches
and i have been with a queen

it wouldn't have worked out any way
so now it's just another lonely day
further along we just may
but for now it's just another lonely day

wish there was something
i could say or do
i can resist anything
but temptation from you
but i'd rather walk alone
than chase you around
i'd rather fall myself
than let you drag me down

it wouldn't have worked out any way
and now it's just another lonely day
further along we just may
but for now it's just another lonely day

yesterday seems like a life ago
cause the one i love
today i hardly know
you i held so close in my heart oh dear
grow further from me
with every fallen tear

it wouldn't have worked out any way
so now it's just another lonely day
further along we just may
but for now it's just another lonely day