Beneath an Evening Sky - Aisha Duo

The moonlight, it was dancing on the waves out on the sea The stars of heaven hovered in a shimmering galaxy And a voice from down the ages, so haunting in its song These ancient stones will tell us our love must make us strong The breeze, it wrapped around me and I stood there on the shore And listened to this voice like I never heard before Our battles, they may find us, no choice may ours to be But hold the banner proudly and the truth will set us free My mind was called across the years of rages and of strife And all the human misery and all the waste of life We wondered where our God was in the face of so much pain And I looked up to the star above to find You once again We travelled the wide oceans, heard many call Your name With sword and gun and hatred it all seemed much the same Some used Your name for glory, some used It for their gain When liberty lay wanting, no lives were lost in vain Is it not our place to wonder as the sky does weep with tears And all the living creatures look on with mortal fear? It's ours to hold the banner, it's ours to hold it long It's ours to carry forward and our love must make us strong The haste of morn wind carried its song into the night I closed my eyes and tarried until the morning light As the last star, it shimmered and the new sun's day gave birth It was in this magic moment came this prayer for Mother Earth The moonlight, it was dancing on the waves out on the sea The stars of heaven hovered in a shimmering galaxy And a voice from down the ages, so haunting in its song These ancient stones will tell us our love must make us strong

There never was a little girl more wanted than me I had all the love a child could ever want or need Daddy gave me everything he could afford to buy An' on the ceilin' in my room he painted me a sky He told me not to be afraid when it stormed outside He said, "In your room, sweetheart the sun will always shine" An' through the years of growin' up if somethin' made me cry It didn't seem to hurt so bad beneath the painted sky Beneath the painted sky, that's where I want to be A place to go when this old world gets the best of me A place where dreams come true and no one ever says, "Goodbye" Oh, I wish that I could live again beneath the painted sky Girls grow up and fall in love and that's how it is Sometimes the men don't love 'em like their Daddy's did Sometimes the hurt's so bad, the way it is tonight It makes me wanna be back home beneath the painted sky Beneath the painted sky, that's where I want to be A place to go when this old world gets the best of me A place where dreams come true and no one ever says, "Goodbye" Oh, I wish that I could live again beneath the painted sky Oh, I wish I was a kid again beneath the painted sky

For an evening I thought you were the one It came in pieces And hit me all at once On the rooftop of your new apartment Felt it there when you were walking me home And when we ran into my friends I paused as I said your name, I didn't say What you were to me There weren't words, but we both knew Don't go and pack your heart up Promise me you'll start again And even better with someone new Please have no regrets I wish you all the best and Know every moment meant something to me too 'Cause I already miss you right beside me while we cross the street I miss the way you'd talk to strangers with your arm around me And I even miss the unevenness of the two of us hand in hand 'Cause for an evening there As I'm leaving I wonder if you wonder what I mean when I say that it's not you, no, it's just Me, myself, and my stupid habit Of breaking hearts as soon as I have them, oh Ooh 'Cause when we ran into your friends You smiled when you said my name And from your face They knew I was the one You wouldn't shut up about Don't go and pack your heart up Promise me you'll start again And even better with someone new Please have no regrets I wish you all the best and Know every moment meant something to me too 'Cause I already miss you right beside me while we cross the street I miss the way you'd talk to strangers with your arm around me And I even miss the unevenness of the two of us hand in hand 'Cause for an evening there you were my man Mmm, mm-mm 'Cause I already miss the way you'd wrap up both my hands in yours I miss the way you'd say hello when you'd open up the door And I even miss our uneven kiss and the way I felt for you then 'Cause for an evening there you were my man For an evening there you were my man For an evening there you were my man Mmm