Song Description

A profession of life

Lyrics

NO PEACE IN DYING

© by Joel Cage

I have seen ten thousand sunsets settle down in all their glory
i have read ten thousand words of ancient greek and roman poetry
I have played the notes of music that have set strong men to crying
and i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying
I have sailed upon the slave ships i have held the whip and beaten
down upon the rock of man and i have seen that rock been eaten
By a government's oppressive tidal wave so stultifying
still i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying
I have loved a thousand lovers i have sinned a thousand sins
i have seen my own salvation been delivered time and again
I have read the holy bible implications mystifying
and i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying
No peace in dying - i'd rather live the life of blues no peace in dying -
it's just this sadness that i choose
I have lost a thousand losses i have gained a thousand gains
i have weathered all the storms the sleets the winds the snows the rains
I have been beyond despair fought back to life death defying
still i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying.
I've been backed against a wall I've been imprisoned by a cage
I've been freed from all that's conscious in a materialistic age
I have given up i have risen up and still i go on trying
because i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying
I have asked for and received i have been asked of and have given
i have tried not to believe the things by which bad men are driven
I have struggled to be fair in life sometimes been compromising
and i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying.
No peace in dying - i'd rather live the life of blues no peace in dying -
it's just this lonely life i choose
I have cried ten thousand tears for every single soldier dead in vain
i have prayed a prayer to every god that mortal man can name
I have bled upon the altar been fought down for testifying
still i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying.
I have fought the war for peace and found that it cannot be attained
at the hands of those you beat or killed or raped or maimed
Life is for the living loving breathing humankind
and i for one am believing that there ain't no peace in dying.
No death is for the old and gray those finished and fulfilled
i am young and still have dreams too restless to be stilled
Life is for the living loving breathing humankind
and i for one am believing that there ain't no peace in dying.
No peace in dying - i'd rather live the life of blues no peace in dying -
it's just this sadness that i choose
I have hovered twixt the conscious and the thoughtless inner space
i have quoted men that scientists and governments disgrace
No i do not disregard hell's heat nor heaven's pacifying
still i for one am believing that there ain't no peace in dying.
I see death as an exit from a noisy crowded room
through which some seek tranquility while others only doom
No i do not know but i think you'll be surprised at what you find
and i find myself believing that there ain't no peace in dying
No peace in dying - i'd rather live the life of blues no peace in dying -
it's just this sadness that i choose
No peace in dying - i'd rather live the life of blues no peace in dying
- it's just this lonely life i lonely lonely life i choose