Hmmm. Don't think I've heard this one.
-Joe Offer-

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SPIRIT SONG
(Bill Staines)

There stands a misty mountain in the soft and gentle rain.
Against the flight of endless time, forever to remain.
Through all the passing seasons, through every night and day,
I can see that misty mountain, and I hear a spirit say.
Oh, brother don't you weep,
Oh, brother don't you weep no more,
The sun's gonna shine on a golden shore.
Oh, brother don't you weep.
Oh, sister don't you weep,
Oh, sister don't you weep no more,
The sun's gonna shine on a golden shore.
Oh, sister, don't you weep.

Up the rocky roads of trouble, down the twisted paths of pain
Sometimes it is a struggle, sometimes we come up lame
But with children on our shoulder we face another day,
And through their eyes of innocence, I can feel the children say.
Oh, father don't you weep,
Oh, father don't you weep no more,
The sun's gonna shine on a golden shore.
Oh, father don't you weep.
Oh, mother don't you weep,
Oh, mother don't you weep no more,
The sun's gonna shine on a golden shore.
Oh, mother, don't you weep.

So when there's music all around you and you just can't seem to hear
When the answer's just around the bend, but it never shows up clear,
And when there's darkness right above you, it's hard to know and understand,
But there's a heart out there that loves you, and there's a promise in your hands.
Oh, people don't you weep,
Oh, people don't you weep no more,
The sun's gonna shine on a golden shore.
Oh, people don't you weep.

Oh, people don't you weep,
Oh, people don't you weep no more,
The sun's gonna shine on a golden shore.
Oh, people, don't you weep.

Copyright, 1986, Mineral River Music

Source: Music to Me: the Songs of Bill Staines (Hal Leonard, 1994)

On the Bill Staines CD, Vol. 2-First Million Miles.

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And yes, now I recognize it. There's a very nice recording by a UK group called "Grace Notes" on their 1999 Red Wind & Promises album.
-Joe Offer-