The soul Is the Rock

Gordon Lightfoot

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|_ _ _|(x00232) _ _ _|(xx7454) _ _ _|_ _ _| |_ _(x02230)|_ _| The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved        Nothing is disputed, yet nothing is disproved And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow  Say what you like to do what you do, everyone's sleeping now two by two Bats in the roof, cats in the hall, dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall Big rain coming,  big rain coming this way Rain on the rock, rain on the rock, rain on the rock                        The sea is the space which the rock has displaced       The mind is some stranger that some soul has embraced  And somewhere between, in a no-man's land of dreams The heart becomes the soldier yet the rock is not redeemed  Say what you like to do what you can, live like a sheep, die like a lamb Bats in the roof, cats in the hall, dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall Big rain coming,  big rain coming this way Rain on the rock, rain on the rock, rain on the rock                        The soul is the rock and the rock will always roll        In circles 'round the sun doing rings around the pole  When the mind is not sure what the heart will do next The rock becomes the master and the road becomes what's left  Late one night when the moon shone down, we went to the mill on the edge of the town She wore white, I wore black, the town was sleeping when we got back Big rain coming,  big rain coming this way Rain on the rock, rain on the rock, rain on the rock                        The soul is the rock and the rock will not be harmed       Though man must be cheated just as woman must be charmed  And the mind is the light for the heart which cannot see The soul becomes the stranger but the rock will always be  Say what you like to do what you do, everyone's sleeping now two by two Bats in the roof, cats in the hall, dust on the stairway, gnats on the wall Big rain coming,  big rain coming this way Rain on the rock, rain on the rock, rain on the rock                        The soul is the rock and the rock will not be moved        Nothing is disputed, yet nothing is disproved And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow  And the seeds of the earth that were planted long ago Still yield a better harvest than the rock was prone to grow  |_ _ _|_ _ _|_ _ _|_ _ _| |_ _ _|_ _ _|_ _ _|_ _ _| |_ _ _|_ _ _|_ _ _|_ _ _|

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