He Was There - Shelia Cannon

Little man was hungry They saw him as a tramp With a love note in his pocket, But no money for a stamp, He just sits there in the doorway And he sings his lonely song, Mumbling the cold out of his hands, Watching the shadows weave and dance, Smiling, but in his eyes the chances are gone He was me, He was you, Maybe someone that you knew, There goes everybody's brother, What's his name? Walk on by, Pay no mind, Heartbreaks happen all the time Ain't it cold enough today, so let it rain The painter tries to paint him, And the poet, he tries to see, I think he had a castle, In the man he used to be, He just stuck to us a question, Can you tell me what you've learned? "Nobody knows the truth," he said, "Not till the book has all been read, Follow the one you love instead of the road." He was me, He was you, Maybe someone that you knew, There goes everybody's brother, What's his name? Walk on by, Pay no mind, Heartbreaks happen all the time Ain't it cold enough today, so let it rain He was me, He was you, Maybe someone that you knew, There goes everybody's brother, What's his name? Walk on by, Pay no mind, Heartbreaks happen all the time Ain't it cold enough today, so let it rain Ain't it cold enough today, let it rain Ain't it cold enough today, So let it rain

There were bells On a hill But I never heard them ringing No, I never heard them at all 'Til there was you Hmm-hmm There were birds In the sky But I never saw them winging No, I never saw them at all 'Til there was you Then there was music And wonderful roses They'd tell me in sweet Fragrant meadows of dawn and do There was love all around But I never heard it singing No, I never heard it at all 'Til there was you Then there was music And wonderful roses They'd tell me in sweet Fragrant meadows of dawn and do There was love all around But I never heard it singing No, I never heard it at all 'Til there was you 'Til there was you

I was there I was there When love crashed and burned I was there I was there when love came around with sweet, warm kisses I was there when it burned into desire I was there when it ran into a raging river And then turned into a runaway wildfire I was there I was there When love came around I was there And one thing for certain I did all the hurtin' At love's final curtain I was there Solo I was there when love came in like a living tornado I was there when it blew out of control I was there when something quickly turned Into nothing Just a hopeless, helpless dream gone up in smoke

Snow is falling in lightning flash In the morning we wake to thunder blasts It's so mild the dogs march in, Deflating circles till the sun breaks in I lost my journal but I'm certain that A thief is after my most secret past To broadcast in twilight my buzzing mind Creates this nonsense turns my neglect into crime My mother tries to keep the pace With rush hour ladies who aren't afraid To shoot their arrows at the good name She built with cannons and subtle grace Listen now to these sounds All I have oh these sounds Mother shoot those cannons off, Destroy this wicked place The winter brings peculiar things To thaw and leave no trace