God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot Lyrics - Up Where We Belong - Buffy Sainte-marie

God is alive; Magic is afoot 

God is alive; Magic is afoot 

God is afoot; Magic is alive 

Alive is afoot. 

Magic never died. 

God never sickened; 

many poor men lied 

many sick men lied 

Magic never weakened 

Magic never hid 

Magic always ruled 

God is afoot 

God never died. 

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God was ruler 

Though his funeral lengthened 

Though his mourners thickened 

Magic never fled 

Though his shrouds were hoisted 

the naked God did live 

Though his words were twisted 

the naked Magic thrived 

Though his death was published 

round and round the world 

the heart did not believe 

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Many hurt men wondered 

many struck men bled 

Magic never faltered 

Magic always led. 

Many stones were rolled 

but God would not lie down 

Many wild men lied 

many fat men listened 

Though they offered stones 

Magic still was fed 

Though they locked their coffers 

God was always served. 

Magic is afoot. God rules. 

Alive is afoot. Alive is in command. 

Many weak men hungered 

Many strong men thrived 

Though they boasted solitude 

God was at their side 

Nor the dreamer in his cell 

nor the captain on the hill 

Magic is alive 

Though his death was pardoned 

round and round the world 

the heart did not believe. 

Though laws were carved in marble 

they could not shelter men 

Though altars built in parliaments 

they could not order men 

Police arrested Magic 

and Magic went with them, 

for Magic loves the hungry. 

But Magic would not tarry 

it moves from arm to arm 

it would not stay with them 

Magic is afoot 

it cannot come to harm 

it rests in an empty palm 

it spawns in an empty mind 

but Magic is no instrument 

Magic is the end. 

Many men drove Magic 

but Magic stayed behind 

Many strong men lied 

they only passed through Magic 

and out the other side 

Many weak men lied 

they came to God in secret 

and though they left him nourished 

they would not tell who healed 

Though mountains danced before them 

they said that God was dead 

Though his shrouds were hoisted 

the naked God did live 

This I mean to whisper to my mind 

This I mean to laugh with in my mind 

This I mean my mind to serve 'til 

service is but Magic 

moving through the world 

and mind itself is Magic 

coursing through the flesh 

and flesh itself is Magic 

dancing on a clock 

and time itself the magic length of God