Andrew Peterson - To All The Poets lyrics

To all the poets I have known Who saw the beauty in the common place Saw incarnation in a Baby's face And in a drop of rain the stars When there was mud and blood and tears You sang a song at night to calm our fears You made a moment last a thousand years You are the poets I have known To all the poets I have known You built a kingdom out of sea and sand You conquered armies with a marching band You carved a galaxy in stone You built an altar out of bread And spent your soul to see the children fed You wove your heart in every story read Thank God for poets I have known And you keep in dreamin' When the dreams all fade When friends desert you You're the ones who stays To write the prayers when every prayer had been prayed You are the poets I have known You turned your tears into a string of pearls You held your sorrow high to light the world When I thought I was alone In every man you saw the boy The hidden heart the dark could not destroy Slipped past the dragons with a tale of joy Thank God for poets I have known 'Cause you keep on dreamin' When the dreams all fade When friends desert me You're the ones who stayed To write the prayers when every prayer had been prayed You walking wounded of my life Who bled compa**ion in the heat of strife You stood between my heart and satan's knife With just the armour of a song You are the heroes and the brave Who with a slender pen our pa**ions save And chisel epitaphs upon the graves Of all the poets I have known So keep on dreamin' Keep on dreamin' So keep on dreamin' Keep on dreamin' Keep on dreamin'