Dan Bern - Where Is The Love lyrics

In times of darkness When the night eclipses day When the comforts of the tongue confuse And lead your heart astray Australian winter South American fall Not sure who I got out of bed And dressed for today at all Thought I reached the valley Now I see so much further down And what I took for the morning light Were the flames of the burning town The Asian market Panamanian despair Sometimes I think I sing Just to move the air And where is the love That knows what to do The men and the women To carry us through Across the river To the promised land Well, I think they stand I think they stand I think they stand with us tonight The stars which once seemed so in reach Fade out, grow dim, recede And the love you make and the love you take Ain't near the love you need I practice breathing slowly I practice breathing deep The beauty comes to me in dreams And then gets lost in sleep The churches are padlocked Magistrate's been drowned I open up my skull to scream But my radio's the only sound But where is the love That knows what to do The men and the women To carry us through Across the river To the promised land Well, I think they stand I think they stand I think they stand with us tonight I think we stand I think we stand I think we stand here tonight