Lyrics Essay

Bob said business men, they drink my wine, plowmen dig my earth. None of them along the line know what any of it is worth.

Bruce said tell me what I see when I look in your eyes. Is that you baby or just a brilliant disguise?

Mark said I dreamed your dream for you. Now your dream is real. How can you look at me as if I was just another one of your deals?

Van said everybody feels so determined not to feel anybody else's pain.

Bruce said, remember, the soul of the universe willed a world and it appeared.

Rickie said the world is turning faster than it did when I was young.

John said it's time to go home and I ain't even done with the night.

Van said no one's making no commitments to anybody but themselves.

Bob said my love winks, she does not bother. She knows too much to argue or to judge.

Another Bob said ain't it funny how the night moves?

Patti said I've been lost and I've been found, been lifted up to the gates of heaven and put back down.

Sting said I never made promises lightly and there have been some that I've broken, but I swear in the days still left we'll walk in fields of gold.

Nick said what's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?

Bob said I was so much older then, I'm younger than that now.

Jewel said in the end only kindness matters.

And Van said you shall take me strongly in your arms again and I will not remember that I ever felt the pain.

Tina said all fear will be gone when we reach the shores of Avalon.