THE LIGHT Henry Gaye

[yeah,yeah. Aha,aha. Yeah]

I hold my head up high
As I walk through the valley of death
I know my life is at the mercy of the angels of death
But my spirit has the strength defying every event that crossed my way [yeah]
And I grew stronger as the way got longer
Repeating to myself that life is yonder knowing very well
I was in Danger, Anger, Hunger [aigh!]
I crossed the river of hell flowing with fire
Killing my desire to climb from this mire
But glory halleluiah I saw the fire
Burning at the end of this tunnel of trial
And this pilgrimage keeps me going further.

There’s a light in the distance
Like a little lonely blue star
Just stretch your hands and reach out
Hope in your heart
Stumbling on step after step [tell’em]
Knowing you will make it [aha]
No stopping now just have faith
Keep moving on.
[ye, yeah, yeah]

Fire rained from the sky in the quest to burn my will to live
To make me change my course or fail the test that gives me life
I refuse. I refuse to give up
Live a faithless life of no respect
Falling into a state of mind I really don’t expect. I refuse
And my tears I tasted
As they flowed into my open mouth
All open wide to catch the breath of life that I deserve
To be free
Trials and tribulations spoiling concentration
Making all I take turn into nothing but elusion
Making me remember to begin some deep reflection.

There’s a light in the distance [aha, aha]
Like a little lonely blue star
Just stretch your hands and reach out
Hope in your heart [yeah keep on going brother]
Stumbling on step after step
Knowing you will make it
No stopping now just have faith
Keep moving on.

[aha, aha, yeah, so, that’s how to do it baby]

Could be a dream as it seems yeah
But I gotta keep myself awake
Never betraying any ambition I trust myself to attain
I met the gypsy woman
Who tried to interpret my dream in vain?
But ended up in tears of joy oh she was almost insane reading my future
It was the very first time she heard a dream of that nature
Poor creature, old teacher, oh bless her
I watched the lines on her forehead
As she tried to tell me what she saw
I didn’t realize she wanted me to take her hands
Till she said it almost in a whisper

There’s a light in the distance
Like a little lonely blue star
Just stretch your hands and reach out
Hope in your heart
Stumbling on step after step
Knowing you will make it
No stopping now just have faith
Keep moving on.

[just have faith, just have faith,
Just, just, just have faith
Just have faith, faith, faith have faith
Just have faith, faith, faith, faith]

There’s a light in the distance
Like a little lonely blue star
Just stretch your hands and reach out
Hope in your heart
Stumbling on step after step
Knowing you will make it
No stopping now just have faith
Keep moving on.