Listening To Old Voices Lyrics - John Hiatt

They have come to haunt the children 

They have come to walk the wind 

I can hear them as they rustle through the trees 

Looking for the love that killed them 

So that they might live again 

It's a simple prayer that brings me to my knees 

With drums and bells and rattles 

They have caught us in our time 

To watch the eagle rise up from the fire 

Now is it true we are possessed 

By all the ones we leave behind 

Or is it by their lives we are inspired 

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(Chorus) 

It's a new light, new day 

Listening for new meaning learning how to say 

It's a new place but you've always been here 

You're just listening to old voices with a new ear 

It's the livin' and the dyin' 

Well it scares the young ones so 

They can hardly catch their breath before too long 

They see the tears we're crying 

And they watch the river flow 

And they follow on the banks until it's gone 

I surrender to the mountains 

I surrender to the sea 

I surrender to the one who calls my name 

I surrender to my lover and to my enemy 

I surrender to the face that holds no shame 

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(Chorus) 

It's a new light, new day 

Listening for new meaning learning how to say 

It's a new place but you've always been here 

You're just listening to old voices with a new ear 

There's a spider at my window 

And she spins a web of truth 

More beautiful than all those memories 

And she surely is God's artist 

As she's caught the morning dew 

It's a simple prayer that brings me to my knees 

(Chorus 2x) 

It's a new light, new day 

Listening for new meaning learning how to say 

It's a new place but you've always been here 

You're just listening to old voices with a new ear