Songtext von Elijah

I have no fancy sermon Just a plain and a simple song That you can play in the key of A If you'd like to sing along It's all about the way things are And not the way things might have been You can be ridin' in the hurricane's eye And still have peace within I live for my own pleasure I was a leader of the blind A passenger on the road to fame I was a legend in my mind Ah, but when the truth came to me Well I sadly did confess With just a pile of rags before God's eyes In my righteousness Elijah was a man Just like you Sometimes happy Sometimes blue He was a little bit impatient But he somehow knew If he waited on the Lord He would surely come through Well I nearly searched this whole world over Just to find me a place of rest Where I could be myself and do All of the things that I love best Like a black sheep a wandering Or a rebel in retreat Never found contentment children 'Til I fell at the Shephard's feet Elijah was a man Just like you Sometimes happy Sometimes blue He was a little bit impatient But he somehow knew If he waited on the Lord He would surely come through Elijah was a man Just like you Sometimes happy Sometimes blue He was a little bit impatient But he somehow knew If he waited on the Lord He would surely come through Whoa-a Elijah was a man Just like you Sometimes happy Sometimes blue He was a little bit impatient But he somehow knew If he waited on the Lord He would surely come through Elijah was a man Just like you Sometimes happy Sometimes blue He was a little bit impatient But he somehow knew If he waited on the Lord He would surely come through