PURPLE HAND

It came in early morning,
an ordinary day,
When all the sleepy citizens
Were on their merry way.
Nor mortal eye, no voice, no ear
Escaped the destined plan,
When all of us together
Had to face the Purple Hand.

CHORUS
Let them be,
Don't bother, let 'em be.
It's too early for them to see.
Let them go,
Don't bother, let 'em go.
Come tomorrow, they will know.

First there was an ocean,
An ordinary street;
Then suddenly a mountain
Began to show its peak.
Remember back unto the day
When twenty thousand taught:
This is it: Get off your knees,
Look what your hands have wrought.

CHORUS
Let them sleep,
Don't bother, let 'em sleep.
Maids of heaven will surely weep.
Let them go,
Don't bother, let 'em go.
Come tomorrow, they will know.


Lyrics by James Seals
Music by James Seals and Dash Crofts
Published by:
Harem Music/
Dawnbreaker Music (BMI)

from the album Down Home
distributed by Bell Records, a division of
Columbia Pictures Industries [TA 5004]
copyright 1970