Time Is an Ocean — Español Lyrics
I speak to you in jesus' nameI speak to you in Jesus' nameAs jesus speaks through me,As Jesus speaks through me,The evil we do can't be blamed uponThe evil we do can't be blamed uponOur destinyOur destinyI have walked through the valley of death rowI have walked through the valley of death rowTo the shoreTo the shore
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I have stumbled through silvery waters to my saviour,I have stumbled through silvery waters to my savior,My salvadorMy SalvadorIt took me for years to learnIt took me for years to learnI was in prison not in church,I was in prison not in church,And two more to begin the book of my soul's searchAnd two more to begin the book of my soul's searchTime is an ocean of endless tearsTime is an ocean of endless tearsA wild boy from the streets of the barrioA wild boy from the streets of the barrioThe orphan form the hill of mayaguezThe orphan from the hill of MayagüezAnd when i wrote my storyAnd when I wrote my story
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I speak to you in jesus' name
I speak to you in Jesus' name
As jesus speaks through me,
As Jesus speaks through me,
The evil we do can't be blamed upon
The evil we do can't be blamed upon
Our destiny
Our destiny
I have walked through the valley of death row
I have walked through the valley of death row
To the shore
To the shore
I have stumbled through silvery waters to my saviour,
I have stumbled through silvery waters to my savior,
My salvador
My Salvador
It took me for years to learn
It took me for years to learn
I was in prison not in church,
I was in prison not in church,
And two more to begin the book of my soul's search
And two more to begin the book of my soul's search
Time is an ocean of endless tears
Time is an ocean of endless tears
A wild boy from the streets of the barrio
A wild boy from the streets of the barrio
The orphan form the hill of mayaguez
The orphan from the hill of Mayagüez
And when i wrote my story
And when I wrote my story
The words flew from the page
The words flew from the page
And my soul in solitary
And my soul in solitary
Escaped its iron cage
Escaped its iron cage
Time is an ocean of endless tears
Time is an ocean of endless tears
Mama, i got your letter today
Mama, I got your letter today
The next time that you write i'll be transferred
The next time that you write I'll be transferred
Far away,
Far away,
I'm leaving green haven's towers of stone
I'm leaving Green Haven's towers of stone
Where the latin population will soon be minus one.
Where the Latin population will soon be minus one.
Time is an ocean of endless tears
Time is an ocean of endless tears
I know how hard it's been for you these many years,
I know how hard it's been for you these many years,
You say the aguinaldo makes you dream of home
You say the aguinaldo makes you dream of home
Where once we strolled the beach at el malecon
Where once we strolled the beach at El Malecón
Go back don't you worry, i am your grown-up son.
Go back don't you worry, I am your grown-up son.
The politics of prison are a mirror of the street
The politics of prison are a mirror of the street
The poor endure oppression
The poor endure oppression
The police control the state
The police control the state
Correctional facility
Correctional facility
That's what they call this place
That's what they call this place
But look around and you will see
But look around and you will see
A polity of race
A polity of race
A forest and a prison
A forest and a prison
Where the snow and the guards are white
Where the snow and the guards are white
If you want to keep your sanity
If you want to keep your sanity
You'll teach yourself to write.
You'll teach yourself to write.
You were a child of sixteen
You were a child of sixteen
With a twelve-year-old mind
With a twelve-year-old mind
You came here numb and battered
You came here numb and battered
From the streets i left behind,
From the streets I left behind,
I'll take the evil in me
I'll take the evil in me
And turn it into good,
And turn it into good,
Though all your institutions
Though all your institutions
Never thought i could
Never thought I could
So now i turn to say goodbye
So now I turn to say goodbye
I'll keep your image in my eye
I'll keep your image in my eye
I turned around to say goodbye
I turned around to say goodbye
I'll keep your image with me till the day i die.
I'll keep your image with me till the day I die.
Time is an ocean of endless tears.on end this tears
Time is an ocean of endless tears.