Jane Siberry You Will Be Born Lyrics

You Will Be Born Lyrics

[One:] You will be born into a Strange and Desolate place 



[Two:] It
will be called "The Average Home" 



[Three:] The times will be Restless
and full of Uncertainty. 



[Four:] It will be full of violence. The end
of the century. 



[Five:] You will silently question this of your
mother as you drink your milk, and you watch her move away 



[Six:] And
there will be no answer 



[Seven:] You will begin the long process of
shutting down 



[Eight:] Your countenance will reflect less light and
later when you look at pictures of yourself 



[Nine:] You will wonder




[Ten:] You will give up your backbone to the T.V. and you will accept
a value system 



[Eleven:] Putting forth Lies and Hatred and Intolerance
as acceptable in the name of Love 



[Twelve:] No one will step forward
from the Shadows saying, "Expect this. It's Part of the Path"




[Thirteen:] You will discover Drugs and Alcohol 



[Fourteen:]
And you will have a good time 



[Fifteen:] You will have a good time for
a long, long time 



[Sixteen:] And you will have a good, good time for a
long, long, oh way too long time 



[Seventeen:] And you will rush
headlong towards your 



[Eighteen:] Bottom Line in an Instinctive
attempt to Heal yourself 



[Nineteen:] You will finally go to AA to
learn what you should have learned in Sunday School 



[Twenty:] And
then you will give yourself permission to cry. And you will cry and cry




[Twenty-One:] And your friends will move away nervously




[Twenty-Two:] And you'll feel like a Fool 



[Twenty-Three:]
And you will be alone, 

and no one will step forward 

from the Shadows
saying 

"The Journey Forward Includes Movement

Through Despair and
Darkness"

And you will be gathering Strength 

even if you don't
understand

And certain words like LOVE and...

Integrity and Intensity


will be drawn into your Spine.



And Then One Day...



You
will look up

And you will look over

You will look up

and you will
look over

And you will get up

And you will go over

And You Will
Turn Off the T.V.... 



Precious Candles 

your Light is your own