I woke up one morning heard
a robin's song.
I asked that robin "Why do you sing?"
"It was a voice whose rhymes are worlds
That made my song for me
How could I not sing?"
I woke up one morning heard
a robin's song
I asked that robin "Who made your throat?"
"That same hand that flies
a million dawns
Made my tiny throat and wrote my songs
How could I not sing?"
I built an arbor and I asked the vine
"How come you grow so tall?"
"If I can make it above the wall
That same hand that holds out
hope for all
Will gild me in the morning sky
And though I cannot sing
That hand a gentle wind will bring
And make a rustling lullaby
For milky sleeping babes
How could I not grow?"
I woke up one morning and
I asked the sky
"How can you bear such emptiness?"
"For that bright eye that looks
out and smiles
And makes my night her day
What would I not bear?"
I woke up one morning and I heard her voice
She called me by my name
"What would I not give to be called her child?
What would I not give to be called her friend?"
I'm gonna wake up one morning
I'm gonna see her face
Smiling down on me
That robin's song and that morning sky
Are all the hope I need
I don't know how and I don't know why
But I'm gonna wake up one morning
And I'll see her face
Smiling Down on me
I'm gonna wake up one morning
I'm gonna wake up one morning
I'm gonna wake up one morning
