Songs:Praying For Land (131611)
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Praying for Land
Out past the Windward Islands
waves beat their rhythms on the reef.
The wind sent them here from forever,
gifts from the sea.
Captains raised their glasses to forever
with fear still sparkling in their eyes.
Ships sailed past the first horizon -
planes into night.
You were Amelia when the plane hit the water,
Captain Smith when the iceberg took you down.
You were the dreams of Columbia's captain
in pieces on the ground.
You were the thousands who sailed for the new world
And the hundreds who made it safely home,
sun-bleached and torn by adventure,
weathered to the bone.
You are the dreamer; you are the hope of men:
Forever hoisting sail, forever pushing on,
forever praying for land.
You were Hillary and Norgay at the summit;
Neil Armstrong, with both feet on the ground,
you were Wilbur and Orrville yelling madly
as the plane touched down.
You're a sailor staring out at the ocean,
A child's telescope pointed at the sky.
You're the mother who names her child Amelia,
yearning to fly.
You are the dreamer; you are the hope of men:
forever hoisting sail, forever pushing on,
forever praying for land.
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