Everlasting Arm-Mercury Rev

And so with the explorers on my heels I started t'wheel Stepped aside stone walls, I was sick of it all And so I set my sail On your cocktails and your warm shawl Up where There's an Everlasting Arm Sends us out alone, Moves us out of harm Ever-reaching always sweeping... And though I struggled t'take my place There stood my mistake Standing there like some great big theatre curtain He knew for certain I'd come down on you softly Up where There's an Everlasting Arm Sends us out alone, Moves us out of harm Ever-reaching always sweeping... By and by the gates swung wide Loved ones came in sight Storming down the street Like Puerto-Rican kids in a summer rain Breaking open the hydrants And going insane And going insane Up where There's an Everlasting Arm Sends us out alone, Moves us out of harm Ever-reaching always sweeping... There's an Everlasting Arm Sends us out alone, Moves us out of harm Ever-reaching always sweeping Up Where...