Two Pairs of Eyes

The sun's coming up though my spirits are down
In the bleak mid-December in Coeur d'Alene town
The alarm is going off I'll drink coffee black
Rising for another day of breaking my back
Onto highway ninety driving into the sun
Praying for peace and that I'm not the only one
Pinehurst is calling with its mortar and stone
Ain't the miles get me but the driving alone

Still there's hope that lingers
Still there's hope that lingers

Two hundred miles northwest of Oklahoma City
The foothills of the Ozarks are glowing so pretty
Where the monks at Clear Creek have been up before dawn
Chanting the Lord's praises on and on
The sun's been up an hour and it brazenly shines
As they're clearing out the forest and pruning the vines
I'd be there beside them if I wasn't so tense
Still it's the only life that makes any sense

There's a hope that lingers
There's a hope that lingers

There are two pairs of eyes that I wish were mine
One pair is human and the other's divine
One pair is human and the other's divine

The sun's been up three hours on the girl I love most
Three thousand miles from me on the East Coast
She's got her own work to do her own prayers to say
But she could have all of mine any day
If she were here beside me I would sing her this song
If I got lucky she might sing along
She's a beacon light for souls blazing afar
As stable, cold, and distant as the old North Star
She is the woman that my heart desires in
War and peace she always inspires
She lives a life invisible with thoughtless allure
Working or praying my thoughts are with her

Still there's hope that lingers
Still there's hope that lingers

There are two pairs of eyes that I wish were mine
One pair is human and the other's divine
One pair is human and the other's divine

Good Lord please give me the courage that holds
Pouring our desires into your saving molds
Life is short eternity's long
And I can't help but think that I've been doing this wrong
But if your plan is for it gather our hearts to one
Perfect and warm as the morning sun
While the cloud of unknowing and your providence shrouds
Bite all the bullets and burn off the clouds

You're the hope that lingers
You're the hope that lingers

There are two pairs of eyes that I wish were mine
One pair is human and the other's divine
One pair is human and the other's divine
There are two pairs of eyes that I wish were mine
One pair is human and the other's divine
One pair is human and the other's divine
There are two pairs of eyes that I wish were mine
One pair is human and the other's divine
One pair is human and the other's divine