Time Is an Ocean

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 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 Mayaguez

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 Malecon

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.