The Stubborn Lovers

Lyrics

I’ve been wandering in the desert
Soles worn through, pack full of pain
I’ve been hungry, I’ve been thirsting for
Just a single drop of rain

Now I’ve come upon a river
Lying sparkling in the sun
And I have looked beyond its level shore
To where a thousand rivers run

(I will lay me down)
Like the robin’s song in springtime
(On that sacred ground)
I feel you washing over me
(Where love grows wild)
On a green mountainside
In the country of your eyes

I have dreamed of your lush meadows
And I have dreamed of your snow-covered hills
I want to lie beneath your spreading trees
Until my empty spirit fills

(I will lay me down)
Like the sweet perfumes of summer
(On that sacred ground)
I feel you washing over me
(Where love grows wild)
Under blue cloudless skies
In the country of your eyes

I’ve been wandering in the desert forty days and forty nights
By the darkness led astray
At last I’ve come into your promised land
And here forever I will stay

(I will lay me down)
So I will lay me down like the leaves that fall in autumn
(On that sacred ground)
On that sacred ground and let you wash right over me
(Where love grows wild)
Like a violet sunrise
In the country of your eyes
In the country of your eyes
In the country of your eyes