Just yesterday morning they let me know you were gone
Susanne the plans they made put an end to you
The moment they died, he knew. There was no way he could forget the feeling of his king and his whole royal family being murdered. Like someone had torn his heart out of his chest and stomped on it.
I walked out this morning and I wrote down this song
I just can't remember who to send it to
There had been so much light and music in the old days…but it was gone now. All gone, forever.
I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Won't you look down upon me, Jesus, you've gotta help me make a stand
You've just got to see me through another day
There were times when he prayed, and that gave him the strength to resist them. Day after day he fought, and was beaten and shouted at.
My body's aching and my time is at hand
And I won't make it any other way
Other days he was too tired to fight, too weak to try to bring back what had been. Maybe he was going to die, at the hands of men who insisted it was in his best interests. Maybe it was time.
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you again
Been walking my mind to an easy time my back turned towards the sun
Lord knows when the cold wind blows it'll turn your head around
Then one day he woke up, and he was no longer alone in the dark. The winter sun shone, bright and cruel, but he was, at last, warm.
Well, there's hours of time on the telephone line to talk about things to come
Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground
And he had a purpose. The men told him so. His purpose was to be the greatest in the world, to liberate sea and sky, to be the light for all nations.
And he could. He was, after all, the Soviet Union.
Oh, I've seen fire and I've seen rain
I've seen sunny days that I thought would never end
I've seen lonely times when I could not find a friend
But I always thought that I'd see you, baby, one more time again