Here's the words as I scrawled them back in the late 70's. I was motivated to capture the spirit of some of the Navajo prayers that were gathered in a beautiful book of poetry my parents had been given. I cobbled a chorus from the poems, and crafted verses from individual lines, then added my own. Anne Dodson and I have been friends since we were 12 and shared Beatles discoveries. She was the first person I shared the song with, and we actually performed it together in a lovely venue in Deer Isle, Maine, I think in the late 80's. Anne brought it forward--beautifully, of course. My original vision had Aaron Neville fronting it. Josh

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The curtain of daybreak, it is hanging.
The wind whispers a morning grace.
Before the sky you will find me standing.
Let me live in this holy place.

All before me, peaceful.
All behind me, peaceful.
Under me--peaceful.
Over me--peaceful.
All around me peaceful.
All around me peaceful.

In the house of freedom, there I wander.
In the house of life shall I pass my days.
In old age traveling, with you I'll wander.
Walk with me in this holy place.

(chorus)

Homeward now down this road I wander,
Where my soul's long lines are deeply traced.
Homeward now shall I make my journey.
Lo, yonder this holy place.

(chorus)

For anyone interested, I'd never really heard the word "Lo" until I heard Rev. Gary Davis sing "Lo, I'll be with you always." It wasn't until years after using the word in Prayer that I realized it was likely short for "Lord." Not my intent--the word "lo" just always felt powerful to me, as did everything that ever came out of Gary Davis' mouth.