Let It Be Me Lyrics - Rites Of Passage - Indigo Girls

sticks and stones 

battle zones 

a single light bulb 

on a single thread for the black 

sirens wail 

history fails 

rose-colored glass 

begins to age and crack 

while the politicians shadowbox 

the power ring 

in an endless split decision 

never solve anything 

from a neighbor's distant land 

i heard the strain of the common man 

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let it be me 

(this is not a fighting song) 

let it be me 

(not a wrong for a wrong) 

let it be me 

if the world is night 

shine my life like a light 

well the world seems spent 

and the president 

has no good idea 

of who the masses are 

well i'm one of them 

and i'm among friends 

we're trying to see beyond 

the fences in our own backyards 

i've seen the kingdoms blow 

like ashes in the winds of change 

but the power of truth 

is the fuel for the flame 

so the darker the ages get 

there's a stronger beacon yet 

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let it be me 

(this is not a fighting song) 

let it be me 

(not a wrong for a wrong) 

let it be me 

if the world is night 

shine my life like a light 

in the kind word you speak 

in the turn of the cheek 

when your vision stays clear 

in the face of your fear 

then you see turning out a light switch 

is their only power 

when we stand like spotlights 

in a mighty tower 

all for one and one for all 

then we sing the common call 

let it be me 

(this is not a fighting song) 

let it be me 

(not a wrong for a wrong) 

let it be me 

if the world is night 

shine my life like a light