Hallelujah Morning

Hallelujah Morning (©A. Calhoun, 2013)

It’s a hallelujah mornin’ way down here

When you're making your own bed, way down here
When you're praying for your dead, way down here
When you're tending to the garden, playing with the children
In the hallelujah morning, way down here

Come the lightning and the thunder, way down here
Hide in fear or walk in wonder, way down here
But seek no further sign that every child is mine
In the hallelujah morning, way down here

I am life and death and neither, way down here
But a bridge from breath to breather, way down here
Where the soul of all that sings, says I love all living things
In the hallelujah morning, way down here

So wait no greater glory, way down here
And place no god before me, way down here
For the story of my love is written in your blood
In the hallelujah morning, way down here

Wake up worthy children, way down here
See the earth is spun in heaven, way down here
When the dewy night is through will you watch a dream come true?
In the hallelujah morning, way down here

Bring your father, bring your mother, way down here
Bring your sister, bring your brother, way down here
Bring your son and bring your daughter, come step into the water
In the hallelujah morning, way down here