Candles

Well i've heard the people talking

In the fields and in the stores

They say a man is claiming visions

And they don't want him 'round here no more

And with questions in my heart

I walked home late last night

And in front of his old farm house

Something caught my eye

I saw a candle burning brightly

Up in his window late last night

And in my heart it gripped me tightly

And something said son what he's doing's right

I saw a candle burning bright

Well a vigil got together

And they kicked in his front door

As they drug him on to the back porch

I wondered what all this was for

And i watched him wrench in pain

As the tar burned in his flesh

While a preacher held a candle

Dripping wax upon his chest

I saw a candle burning brightly

Up in his window late last night

And in my heart it gripped me tightly

And something said son what he's doing's right

I saw a candle burning bright

Well this morning i was walking

Leaves blowing down that old dirt road

And those feelings just kept stirring deep within my soul

On my lips a silent whisper

Lord please tell me what is right

And then the spirit danced within me

Like the soft candle light

And i saw a candle burning brightly

Up in his window late last night

And in my heart it gripped me tightly

And something said son what he's doing's right

I saw a candle burning bright

And i saw the light