everlasting arm

and so with the explorers on my heels

i started t'wheel

stepped aside stone walls

i was sick of it all

and so i set my sail

on your cocktails and your warm shawl

up where

there's an everlasting arm

sends us out alone

moves us out of harm

ever-reaching always sweeping

and though i struggled t'take my place

there stood my mistake

standing there like some great big theatre curtain

he knew for certain i'd come down on you softly

up where

there's an everlasting arm

sends us out alone

moves us out of harm

ever-reaching always sweeping

by and by the gates swung wide

loved ones came in sight

storming down the street

like puerto-rican kids in a summer rain

breaking open the hydrants

and going insane

and going insane

up where

there's an everlasting arm

sends us out alone

moves us out of harm

ever-reaching always sweeping

there's an everlasting arm

sends us out alone

moves us out of harm

ever-reaching always sweeping

up where.