David
The long, long day is slipping into sunset
The laughter of the young a foreign sound
The splendor of the earth less captivating
I am waiting
The voices that I hear are too respectful
The arguments a little too profound
I only want a gentle hand to stay me
As they lay me in the ground
And yet I'm not afraid
A kind of peace is made
Forgiven, I am happy to be called
Everything I've done I now rejoice in
Everyone I've loved I love once more
Would there had been many more diversions
To beg forgiveness for
It's only in the wake
Of evening that we make
Some sense and see the beauty of the day
And when the darkness falls
The thought that gets us by
Is knowing that we do not need
To know God's reason why
Solomon
I am the blood of Abraham
The seed of an immortal line
Whose life was given to his God
Whose promise to his God is mine
And to this new Jerusalem
Our fathers come at last
Bathsheba and Michal
The sons of Jacob live again
All
The glories of our sacred past
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Though palaces may rise
Within your walls,
Your dust, your stones
Are prize enough
For these contended
Eyes
The Long, Long Day/This New Jerusalem
When In Love
Bathsheba
We make our promises of love without a thought
That infidelity will ever touch our lives
And then the everyday procession
Ensures no certainty survives
And all too soon
We change our tune
We don't remember
For when in love
There's nothing I won't do
Since I've been close to you
To bring me closer still
I once believed
I never would betray
The man I used to love
And honor and obey
Will I do
Anything?
Yes, I will
You make a mockery of how I lived before
You are by far the purest love I've ever known
By far the best, most overwhelming
The die is cast the birds have flown
Defenses fall
You have it all
You've changed my life
For when in love
There's nothing I won't do
Since I've been close to you
To bring me closer still
I once believed
I never would betray
The man I used to love
And honor and obey
Will I do anything?
Yes, I will
I already have
There's nothing I won't do...