For The Love Of It All (Lifelines LP Version)

Song For The Love Of It All (Lifelines LP Version)
Artist Peter, Paul & Mary
Album Lifelines

Lyrics

[00:29.36] In the beginning, as life became form,
[00:35.60] The oceans heaved, the mountains were cleaved,
[00:38.91] The stormed.firmament
[00:41.96] At the center of being, immensely small
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[00:48.94] Was the master of now, dont ask me how
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[00:52.50] love The of it all
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[00:55.40] And the seasons were many.
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[00:58.83] Creation was new.
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[01:02.17] And there on a tree
[01:05.16] A forbidden fruit
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[01:08.56] Upon leaving the garden, after the fall,
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[01:15.53] One thing was clear; we chose not to hear
[01:18.99] The love of it all
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[01:21.89] But for the love of it all
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[01:25.79] I would go anywhere.
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[01:29.10] To the ends of the earth,
[01:31.65] What is it worth if love would be there?
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[01:35.54] Walking the thin line between fear and the call
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[01:41.98] One learns to bend and finally depend
[01:45.22] On the love of it all
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[02:04.85] Irresistible targets
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[02:08.41] I heard someone say.
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[02:11.68] They were speaking of angels
[02:13.69] Who are so courageous day after day
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[02:18.22] Gunned down on a highway we often
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[02:25.27] I hear a scream; have I a dream
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[02:28.55] The love of it all
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[02:31.45] Still the world is in labor,
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[02:34.85] groans She in travail.
[02:37.06]
[02:38.12] She cries with the eagle, the dolphin,
[02:40.84] She sighs in the song of the whale.
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[02:44.61] While the heart of her people
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[02:48.45] Prays at the wall.
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[02:51.60] spirit A inside is preparing a bride
[02:54.89] For the love of it all
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[02:58.04] For the love of it all,
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[03:02.01] Like the stars and the sun,
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[03:05.21] We are hearts on the rise,
[03:07.42] Separate eyes with the vision of one.
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[03:11.20] No valley too deep, no mountain too tall,
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[03:17.83] We can turn back the night with merely the light
[03:21.01] From the love of it all.
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[03:24.73] And so we are marching to give peace a chance
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[03:31.51] Brother and sister as one in this mystery dance.
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[03:41.03] Long ago on a hilltop where now the curious crawl
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[03:48.08] A man on a cross paid the ultimate cost
[03:51.22] For the love of it all
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[03:54.37] For the love of it all
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[03:58.46] We are gathered by grace
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[04:01.67] We have followed our hearts
[04:03.41] To take up our parts
[04:05.37] In this time and place.
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[04:07.95] Hands for the harvest,
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[04:10.77] Hear the centuries call:
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[04:13.98] It is still not too late to come celebrate
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[04:17.51] The love of it all
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[04:20.65] Eli, eli, lemana shabakthani
[04:23.91] The love of it all