For the Love of It All (Lifelines Live Version)

For the Love of It All (Lifelines Live Version) - Peter, Paul & Mary

In the beginning

As life became form

The oceans heaved the mountains were cleaved

The firmament stormed

At the center of being

Immensely small

Was the master now don't ask me how

The love of it all

And the seasons were many

Creation was new

And there on a tree deceptively free

A forbidden fruit

Upon leaving the garden

After the fall

One thing was clear we chose not to hear

The love of it all

But for the love of it all

I would go anywhere

To the ends of the earth

Oh what is it worth

If love would be there

Walking the thin line

Between fear and the call

One learns to bend

Finally depend on the love of it all

Irresistible targets

I've heard someone say

They were speaking of angels

Who are so courageous

Day after day

Gunned down on a highway

As we often recall

I hear a scream

Oh I have a dream

The love of it all

Still the world is in labor

She groans in travail

She cries with the eagle the dolphin

She sighs in the song of the whale

While the heart of her people

Prays at the wall

A spirit inside is preparing a bride

For the love of it all

For the love of it all

Like the stars and the sun

We are hearts on the rise separate eyes

With the vision of one

No valley too deep

No valley too deep

No mountain too tall

No mountain too tall

We can turn back the night

With merely the light

Of the love of it all

So we are marching

To give peace a chance

Brother and sister as one

In this mystery dance

Long ago on a hilltop

Where now the curious crawl

Well a man on a cross

Paid the ultimate cost

For the love of it all

For the love of it all

We are gathered by grace

We have followed our hearts

To take up our parts

In this time and place

Hands for the harvest

We hear the centuries call

It is still not too late

To come celebrate the love of it all

Eli eli lemana shabakthani

The love of it all