Richie Havens - Adam lyrics

rate me

In the dawning, wakening hour<br />

He'll lift his head and brush his eyes with gentle strokes<br />

That will only blindly mislead him<br />

Into the first day of creation which he only sees in limitation<br />

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Now he sits upon his empty bed<br />

His heart is warm, his heart is full and he can see<br />

But it is impossible for him to retain me<br />

For his arms are without form, he cannot know the word<br />

As his mind cries out absurd<br />

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Now he's standing inside the doorway<br />

He is afraid but he believes all that he sees on the floor<br />

Where everything is merging<br />

And pictures he sees are tragic as he begins to believe in magic<br />

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Now he lies down in a hole<br />

Down in the ground where it is cold and now he knows<br />

Now he realizes his biggest mistake<br />

That he never had to grow old, and he never had to grow cold and die