Time Is An Ocean Lyrics

Time Is An Ocean lyrics

Sal

I speak to you in jesus's name

As jesus speaks through me,

The evil we do can't be blamed upon our destiny

I have walked through
the valley of death-row to the shore

I have stumbled through silvery
water to my savior, my salvador!



Salvador

It took me four
years to learn

I was in prison not in church.

And two more to begin
the book of my soul's search.



Sal & salvador

Time is an ocean
of endless tears



Sal

A wild boy from the streets of el
barrio

An orphan from the hills of mayagüez



Salvador

And when I wrote my story

The words flew from the page

And my
soul in solitary

Escaped it's iron cage.



Sal & salvador

Time is an ocean of endless tears



Sal

Mama, I got your
letter today

The next time that you write I'll be transferred far
away.

I'm leaving greenhaven's towers of stone

Where the latin
population will soon be minus one.



Salvador

Time is an ocean
of endless tears.



Sal

I know how hard it's been for you these
many years,

You say the aguinaldo makes you dream of home

Where once
we strolled the beach at el malecon

Go back don't you worry, I am your
grown-up son.



Salvador

The politics of prison are a mirror
of the street.

The poor endure oppression

The police control the
state.



Correctional facility

That's what they call this
place

But look around and you will see

The politics of race.



Sal

A forest and a prison

Where the snow and guards are
white



Salvador

If you want to keep your sanity

You'll
teach yourself to write.



You were a child of sixteen

With a
twelve-year-old mind

You came here numb and battered

By the streets
I left behind



Sal

I'll take the evil in me

And turn it
into good,

Though all your institutions

Never thought I could

So now I'll turn to say goodbye



Salvador

I'll keep your
image in my eye



Sal & salvador

I turn around to say
goodbye



Salvador

I'll keep your image with me till the day I
die



Sal & salvador

Time is an ocean of endless tears