Searchlight

We’re all out here treading water
Looking for a liferaft out
But there’s something in the ocean, that leads a lonely boy to doubt
Well I’ve got so many questions, they all keep me up at night
I am a traveller on this broken highway home
There are people living in these streets have nothing to give
There is suffering all around us, people struggling to live
Yes I’ve prayed for love and kindness, for to ease a wayward soul
There is nothing more than love, love rules all
Searchlight, searchlight, guide me home tonight
I’m tired and I don’t want to fight
I’ve got nothing to give
I’ve been looking for an answer its been taking me to task
I will always be a searcher in this life
They are fighting for equality, they are fighting for their skin
Some don’t have no education, some they lean on religion
Still they tuck their children in at night and kiss upon their brow
As they dream a new existence for themselves
Searchlight, searchlight, guide me home tonight
I’m tired and I don’t want to fight
I’ve got nothing to give
You can try to heal a nation but these wounds are running deep
It’s like nothing that we’ve ever seen before
Well I’ve been following these highways through the heart of your civil wars
It will always lead to loosing, like it always did before
Like it did to West Virginia, like it did in Birmingham
We are standing on the brink of some dark shore
Searchlight, searchlight, guide me home tonight
I’m tired and I don’t want to fight
I’ve got nothing to give
It’s so goddam overwhelming to watch this all go down
I wish for nothing more than peace in my time
I wish for nothing more than peace in my time