However Long

See the man with the military mind

Trying to make us all afraid all the time

Trying to make us all stay inside and lock our doors and windows

See the man's got too much to count

Try to recollect the sermon on the mount

Blessed are the poor when they're all swinging from the gallows

I ain't afraid no more

However long the night, the dawn will break again

We'll be around when you have lost your oldest friends

There's nothing you can say or do to us to drown out this amen

'Cause however long the night, the dawn will break again

See the poet with nothing left to say

Staring down at blank pages all day

Let the alcohol take you away and sleep the way the fools do

See the beast with the gasoline hand

Breathing fire, drawing lines in the sand

Pray we find ourselves a better plan or die the way we used to

I ain't afraid no more

However long the night, the dawn will break again

We'll be around when they have found your next of kin

There's nothing you can do or say to us to drown out this amen

'Cause however long the night, the dawn will break again

See the woman with the roses in her hair

Bring me lovin' when it's too much bear

Tell me I can make a difference this time

All I gotta do is make it all rhyme

However long the night, the dawn will break again

We'll be around when they have found your next of kin

There's nothing you can do or say to us to drown out this amen

'Cause however long the night, the dawn will break again