BREAD AND ROSES

If I could bring you anything
I'd bring a banquet for a king
With cheese and wine and fruit and pies
A taste of everything
I'd have made you a cake
But the hacksaw didn't fit the pan
I'd bring more than I can hold
In these two hands

If I could bring you anything
I'd bring a meadow full of flowers
With hummingbirds and dragonflies
No fences for miles
You'd lay on the grass
And feel the breeze kiss your face
I'd bring the open sky
Erase time and place

If I could bring you anything
It would be peace of mind
An ocean of serenity
Freedom inside
I'd bring love for the lonely
Afraid to ever love again
And beer for the innocent
To drown their sorrows in

If I could bring you anything
It would be Jesus Christ
Buddha, Mohammed
Whatever gets you through the life
Good whiskey for those
Who don't believe any more
And pot for those who need
To think on it some more

But all I could bring
Was my guitar and these songs
Bread and roses for the wayward
Been hungry so long
I'll take with me the memory
Of the day my life was changed
And the hope that when you leave this place
You never come back again

If I could bring you anything