Lyr Req: Love Abides (Tom Russell)

Subject: Lyr Add: LOVE ABIDES (Tom Russell)
From: Jim Dixon
Date: 08 Nov 07 - 08:44 AM

LOVE ABIDES
Tom Russell

Hey, look how far we've come. Do we know who we are?
Stranded on a mountain top trying to catch a falling star
Here's to what we've left behind us. Here's to what we've kept inside.
May the road that lies before us lead to a place where love abides.

I went walking with my baby through the early morning frost,
Saw three crosses by the roadside where three young souls were lost.
I guess they're flying with the angels. Jesus took them for a ride,
High above the Rio Grande, they'll find a place where love abides.

You may cross the barren desert. You must walk your path alone,
But a sudden storm may blind you, shake your spirit to the bone,
Seeking shelter for a weary heart, somewhere to rest, somewhere to hide,
Then somewhere down that troubled road, you find a place where love abides.

Our people came across the water with their fearful untamed hearts,
Standing on a foreign shoreline, praying for a brand new start,
Hand in hand across the mountains and the ragin' rivers wide,
'Til they've reached the distant ocean or found a place where love abides.

You may cross the barren desert. You might walk your path alone,
But a sudden storm may blind you, shake your spirit to the bone,
Seeking shelter for a weary heart, somewhere to rest, somewhere to hide,
Then somewhere down that troubled road, you find a place where love abides.

Hey, look how far we've come. Do we know who we are?
Stranded on a mountain top trying to catch a falling star.

[Iris DeMent and Tom Russell sing this as a duet on Tom Russell's album "The Man from God Knows Where," Hightone Records, 1999.]

Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Lyrics re. A place where love abides
From: Big John
Date: 06 Apr 02 - 12:40 PM

Cancel above request. Ilocated the lyrics on a web page of Iris Dement lyrics.. Thank you.

Subject: Lyrics re. A place where love abides
From: Big John
Date: 06 Apr 02 - 12:21 PM

I've tried web searches for this song . Not sure of the correct title. It begins "Look how far we've come" and the verses end with the phrase "a place where love abides". Thank you. John