As Tears Roll By Lyrics - Daniel Lanois

I've been working downtown inside my troubles 

I've been working downtown inside my troubles 

I've been sleeping under the bridge of highway 1 

And I don't know who my savior is 

As tears roll by 

Oh dear heart I know it's been a long time 

And the pendulum swings so wide 

I've been wrestling with the burning spear 

With the burning spear 

Don't want to be like this another year 

As tears roll by 

I could never see your perfect rainbow 

Avalanche buried me deep in the snow 

Murky smoke stack made me fall 

Cold ambition written on my wall 

I got mixed up and fell down 

I got mixed up 

As years roll by 

I could be a patriot if I could see 

But the T.V. talkin' man make no sense to me 

And I don't know where our savior lives 

And I don't know where my savior is 

Building up, building down 

As tears roll by 

Gotta keep my spirit out of trouble 

Keep myself out of trouble 

But the hands of need are calling me 

I feel mortality 

Tumble down, tumble down 

As years roll by 

They were building a building like forever 

Heads buried deep inside a fever 

The spirit cried out from the ground 

Sweet, sweet maternal sounds 

Tumble, tumble, tumble down tumble to the ground 

As fears roll by 

As tears roll by, as tears roll by, as tears roll by, as tears roll by