Times Like These - Glen Campbell

The lakes and pines, they bleed of beauty and grace And the rivers, they run wild like an endless race The forests soar so high then fall to the sea As church bells ring and sing in harmony I heard them say they're shutting Detroit down But I won't leave 'cause this is my hometown And it's times like these we can't replace It's times like these we must embrace And even though it's bittersweet and brings us to our knees It makes us who we are in times like these The concrete and steel stand strong against the wind With the memories of what was and what has been The sounds of sweet soul music and blue-collar blues There were 17 colors for a Chevy, all red, white and blue I heard them say that you can't save that town But I won't leave, I will stand my ground And it's times like these we can't replace It's times like these we must embrace And even though it's bittersweet and brings us to our knees It makes us who we are in times like these The ice and snow give way to a new spring bloom In the wake that hope and faith they will be home soon A new day dawns as the good Lord shines from above 'Cause in the rubble and rust there remains a whole lotta love And I was here watching it all go down And I'll still be when it comes back around And it's times like these we can't replace It's times like these we must embrace And even though it's bittersweet and brings us to our knees It makes us who we are in times like these It makes us who we are in times like these

In times like these In times like those What will be will be And so it goes And it always goes On and on and on and on and on On and on and on and on and on it goes Mhmm Mhmm Mhmm And there's always been laughin', cryin', birth and dyin' Boys and girls with hearts that take and give and break And heal and grow and recreate and raise and nurture But then hurt from time to times Like these And times like those What will be will be And so it goes And there will always be Stop and go and fast and slow action reaction Sticks and stones and broken bones Those for peace and those for war And god bless these ones, not those ones, but these ones made Times like these And times like those What will be will be And so it goes And it always goes On and on and on and on and on On and on and on and on and on it goes Mhmm Mhmm Mhmm Somehow I know, it won't be the same Yeah somehow I know, never be the same

I believe in the stories of the stars And times like these, constellations carry me I'm almost past I believe that the Milky Way still flows And times like these, dreaming carried forward with us The spirit grows And I believe in the wisdom of my boy Just ten years old He said: I believe when a star burns out a child is born And I believe in the people standing tall And times likes these, hands raised with intention To heal the world And I believe we can breath in the magic of our Earth And I believe we can exhale anything we feel we didn't deserve I believe there was a man called Jesus Christ And in times like these he said: treat each other equally In times like these And I believe in the words of the Dali Lama In times like these, with peace and love and unity In times like these And I believe in the movement of the tide In times like these And the mysteries of the moon In times like these I believe in the circuit of the sun In times like these And its magnetic properties And human beings And I believe in a simple thing called love In times like these When a women finds a man and they can be In times like these And I believe that the spirit is reborn when we die With no burden of the body We're free to fly And I believe in the people standing tall And times likes these, hands raised with intention To heal the world To heal the world

I was in a tunnel And couldn't see the light And whenever I'd look up I couldn't see the sky Sometimes when I'm standin' It seems like I done walked for miles And my heart could be cryin' Dead in the middle of a smile But then I climbed the hills And saw the mountains I hollered help 'cause I was lost Then I felt the strong wind Heard a small voice sayin' The storm is over (The storm is over now) And I can see the sunshine (Somewhere beyond the clouds) I feel Heaven, yeah (Heaven is over me) Come on and set me free, whoa Now in the midst of my battle All hope was gone Downtown in a rushed crowd And felt all alone And every now and then I felt like I would lose my mind I've been racin' for years And still no finish line, oh But then I climbed the hills And saw the mountains (Mountains) I hollered help 'cause I was lost Then I felt the strong wind And then a small voice sayin' The storm is over (The storm is over now) And I can see the sunshine (Somewhere beyond the clouds) I can feel Heaven, yeah (Heaven is over me) Come on and set me free Somehow my beginning stepped right in (Right in) Then faith became my friend (My friend) And now I can depend On the voices of the wind When it's sayin' (Sayin') The storm is over (The storm is over now) And I can see the sunshine (Somewhere beyond the clouds) I can feel Heaven, yeah (Heaven is over me) Won't you come and set me free Won't you set me free The storm is over (The storm is over now) And I can see the sunshine (Somewhere beyond the clouds) I can feel Heaven, yeah (Heaven is over me) Won't you come and set me free