For The Love Of It All Lyrics - Lifelines Live - Peter, Paul & Mary

In the beginning as life became form 

The oceans heaved, the mountains were cleaved 

The firmament stormed 

At the center of being, immensely small 

Was the Master, now don't ask me how, the love of it all 

And the seasons were many, creation was new 

And there on a tree, deceptively free, a forbidden fruit 

Upon leaving the garden, after the fall 

One thing was clear; we chose not to hear the love of it all 

But for the love of it all I would go anywhere 

To the ends of the earth, oh, what is it worth if love would be there? 

Walking the thin line between fear and the call 

One learns to bend and finally depend on the love of it all 

"Irresistible targets", I've heard someone say 

They were speaking of angels who are so courageous day after day 

Gunned down on a highway, as we often recall 

I hear a scream, I have a dream, the love of it all 

Still the world is in labor, she groans in travail 

She cries with the eagle, the dolphin 

She sighs in the song of the whale 

While the heart of her people prays at the wall 

A spirit inside is preparing a bride for the love of it all 

For the Love of it all, like the stars and the sun 

We are hearts on the rise, separate eyes with the vision of one. 

No valley too deep, no mountain too tall 

We can turn back the night with merely the light of the love of it all 

And so we are marching 'to give peace a chance' 

Brother and sister as one in this mystery dance 

Long ago on a hilltop where now the curious crawl 

Well, a man on a cross paid the ultimate cost for the love of it all 

For the love of it all we are gathered by grace 

We have followed our hearts to take up our parts in this time and place 

Hands for the harvest, we hear the centuries call 

It is still not too late to come celebrate the love of it all 

'Eli, eli, lemana shabakthani' 

The love of it all