Paul Simon - Time Is An Ocean Lyrics
SalI speak to you in jesuss nameAs jesus speaks through me,The evil we do cant be blamed upon our destinyI have walked through the valley of death-row to the shoreI have stumbled through silvery water to my savior, my salvador!SalvadorIt took me four years to learnI was in prison not in church.And two more to begin the book of my souls search.Sal & salvadorTime is an ocean of endless tearsSalA wild boy from the streets of el barrioAn orphan from the hills of mayagüezSalvadorAnd when I wrote my storyThe words flew from the pageAnd my soul in solitaryEscaped its iron cage.Sal & salvadorTime is an ocean of endless tearsSalMama, I got your letter todayThe next time that you write Ill be transferred far away.Im leaving greenhavens towers of stoneWhere the latin population will soon be minus one.SalvadorTime is an ocean of endless tears.SalI know how hard its been for you these many years,You say the aguinaldo makes you dream of homeWhere once we strolled the beach at el maleconGo back dont you worry, I am your grown-up son.SalvadorThe politics of prison are a mirror of the street.The poor endure oppressionThe police control the state.Correctional facilityThats what they call this placeBut look around and you will seeThe politics of race.SalA forest and a prisonWhere the snow and guards are whiteSalvadorIf you want to keep your sanityYoull teach yourself to write.You were a child of sixteenWith a twelve-year-old mindYou came here numb and batteredBy the streets I left behindSalIll take the evil in meAnd turn it into good,Though all your institutionsNever thought I couldSo now Ill turn to say goodbyeSalvadorIll keep your image in my eyeSal & salvadorI turn around to say goodbyeSalvadorIll keep your image with me till the day I dieSal & salvadorTime is an ocean of endless tears
