When I'm Called Home
When I'm called home
I will bring a book
That tells of strange and funny turns
And of the heart it took
To keep on living in a world
That never was my own
A world of haunted memories
Of other worlds unknown.
I'll tell them of the trouble here
When they call me home. When I'm called home
I will sing a song
And tell them of a beggar's life
Where everything goes wrong
Where everybody's hopes and dreams
Are shattering by the wind.
I'll tell them of a ghosty world
Of us and they and him.
I'll tell them how the shadows fall
When they call me home. When I'm called home
I will tell the stars
Of the battles that were lost
In a world of wars.
I will tell the rivers
Of the children lost at sea
Of ahow a soul ist bartered
And what it costs a spirit free.
Hallelujah tell a story, oh, When they call me home.
I will bring a book
That tells of strange and funny turns
And of the heart it took
To keep on living in a world
That never was my own
A world of haunted memories
Of other worlds unknown.
I'll tell them of the trouble here
When they call me home. When I'm called home
I will sing a song
And tell them of a beggar's life
Where everything goes wrong
Where everybody's hopes and dreams
Are shattering by the wind.
I'll tell them of a ghosty world
Of us and they and him.
I'll tell them how the shadows fall
When they call me home. When I'm called home
I will tell the stars
Of the battles that were lost
In a world of wars.
I will tell the rivers
Of the children lost at sea
Of ahow a soul ist bartered
And what it costs a spirit free.
Hallelujah tell a story, oh, When they call me home.
Credits
Writer(s): Abbey Lincoln
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Link
Other Album Tracks
Altri album
- On Riverside: Abbey Lincoln
- The Verve Years
- Tender As a Rose
- The Jazz Queen (Remastered)
- The Enja Heritage Collection: Talkin' To the Sun
- Love Having You Around (Live at the Keystone Korner)
- The Vinyl Masters: It's Magic
- Golden Lady
- Sophisticated Abbey (Recorded Live at the Keystone Korner, 1980)
- The Vinyl Masters: Abbey Is Blue
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