Adam Lyrics - Singles - Richie Havens

In the dawning, wakening hour 

He'll lift his head and brush his eyes with gentle strokes 

That will only blindly mislead him 

Into the first day of creation which he only sees in limitation 

Now he sits upon his empty bed 

His heart is warm, his heart is full and he can see 

But it is impossible for him to retain me 

For his arms are without form, he cannot know the word 

As his mind cries out absurd 

Now he's standing inside the doorway 

He is afraid but he believes all that he sees on the floor 

Where everything is merging 

And pictures he sees are tragic as he begins to believe in magic 

Now he lies down in a hole 

Down in the ground where it is cold and now he knows 

Now he realizes his biggest mistake 

That he never had to grow old, and he never had to grow cold and die