Before This World / Jolly Springtime Lyrics - Before This World - James Taylor

Before this world was as we know it now 

Before the land and sea were formed at all 

Before the stars were made to burn and shine 

Little love of mine, darling one 

Who can pretend to understand at all 

No one can both inside and outside be 

Who can suppose he knows the way this goes 

Little lamb, never mind 

So let us love and let us not delay 

The world is old and it will never last 

Our share of joy is in this moment past 

Will you come away, come away 

Fall into Jesus baby child 

Give up the love that takes and breaks your heart 

Let go the weight of all that holds you here 

Little love of mine, darling one 

Oh the jolly springtime 

In the merry month of May 

Oh the heavenly hours 

Oh the come again day 

Let the day run long 

Let the river run high 

That tomorrow may live 

So must yesterday die 

Let the resin risin' up in the tree 

Make the green leaf bud 

The bird and the bee and the fish in the sea 

Feeling it in my blood 

Oh the jolly springtime 

All in the merry month of May 

Oh the heavenly hours 

Oh the come again day 

Yes the winter was bitter and long 

So the spring'll be sweet 

Come along with a rhythm and a song 

Watch creation repeat 

Thin thin the moment is thin 

Ever so narrow the now 

Everybody say got to live in today 

Don't nobody know how 

Oh the jolly springtime 

In the merry month of May 

Oh the heavenly hours 

Oh the come again day