Desperation, Part Ii Lyrics - Singles - Redemption

[m/l van Dyk] 

Years of writing books 

Long behind him now 

A nihilistic confidence and a smile upon his face 

Johnny Marinville and his Harley through the desert 

One last ride to make him feel young again 

He came back from Vietnam 

Only one to escape the bomb 

That tore apart the bar in which he drank with hi friends. 

Living with the question 

Of why he was the sole survivor 

Fighting the dreams that plague him 

And wondering when they'll end 

This cynic smiles and feels the wind 

As he speeds by the policeman on the road 

He stopped and beaten, thrown in the cell 

With the others the bleeding cop has found 

Collie takes the one 

The boy's mom Ellie 

And drags her screaming away 

Young David Prays to the God he found 

When his friend, run-down, lie dying in his arms 

And with his faith, the boys escapes 

And frees the desert's other captives 

The stumble across 

David's dead sister 

And they bury her with tears in their eyes 

Only boy, only a man 

Drawn together in God's plan 

In the desert, purposes emerge 

All are here to love and serve 

All across this desert town 

They see the butchered bodies of the dead 

What could have caused this hell on earth? 

Just what evil made this madness happen? 

As even as they hide 

Tak returns 

Possessing now a different body