AND I MARVEL
Spoken intro
I wonder if any man on the Edmond Fitzgerald
Could see the power that the angels had herald
To be awake in the moment, and looking around
Marvel at the sights and the smells and the sounds
As the great ship was going down
SOME FOLKS MIGHT SAY IT'S NOT GOOD TO LOOK BACK
AND RIGHT NOW, I'M LOST IN THE FEARS AND IN THE FACTS
BUT WITH NOTHING TO LOSE AND NO SENSE OF REMORSE
I'M AMAZED AT MYSELF AND THE POWER OF THE FORCE
... AND I MARVEL AT THE SOURCE
I WAS CAUGHT ON MY BIKE IN A 50 KNOT WIND
THE TEMPERATURE DROPPED TO A CHILL AND THEN
OUT OF THE SEARING BRIGHT SUNNY SKIES
HAIL HITTING MY HANDS AND WATER RUNNING IN MY EYES
... I LET MY FEAR PAINT THE SCENE WITH LIES
IN THE TROUGH OF A WAVE ABOVE THE CABIN TOP
THE CONVERSATION HAD TURNED, WOULD THIS STORM EVER STOP?
AND WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO GET OUT OF THAT WAVE
AND WE PRAYED THAT THE BOAT WOULD RESPOND AND BE SAVED
... I REMEMBER THE BEAUTY OF THE WAVE
WHEN THE CAR MADE A LEFT IN FRONT OF MY BIKE
I STOOD ON THE BRAKES AND MY BODY TOOK FLIGHT
AS I SURVEYED THE DAMAGE AND COUNTED MY PARTS
I WAS DANCIN' WITH JOY RIGHT FROM MY HEART
... AND MY LIFE SOON TOOK A NEW START
NOW, WHEN I LOOK BACK ON THE PLACES I'VE BEEN
AND THE STUFF THAT I'VE DONE, SOME FOLKS MIGHT CALL A SIN
I LOOK BACK WITHOUT FEAR OR REMORSE
AND I'M AMAZED AT MYSELF AND THE POWER OF THE FORCE
... AND I MARVEL AT THE SOURCE
© Leslie Frederick 1999
