[Verse 1]
Am I learning
Patience? Is my spirit restored?
Do I listen
To the beggar or the woman in the door?
[Pre-Chorus 1]
Aces and eights
We cry at the gate
Remembering hate
The wild and the waiting child
[Chorus 1]
Oh, night of nights
(Night)
Sight of sights
(Sight)
[Verse 2]
Among the hidden
The rhymes and the stories remained
Spending three years
Alternately blocked and drained
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Workers in song
We noticed so long
Ago, tarry on
The weary are strong
So strong
[Chorus 2]
Oh, light of lights
(Light)
Fight of fights
(Fight)
[Bridge]
Crime and pain
(Write something down)
Love and liberty
(Write it down now)
Wind, rain
(Dylan and Cohen)
Politics and greed
(Van Zandt, Townes)
Her face
(Cry, baby, cry)
Stained with sorrow
(You know more than I)
Songwork chase
(A wink and a sigh)
Steal and borrow
(A wink and a sigh)