This Mornin’ I Am Born Again

Album: Delirium Tremolos

This Mornin’ I Was Born Again

Lyrics by Woodie Guthrie Music by Slaid Cleaves

 

This mornin’ I was born again and a light shines on my land.

I no longer look for heaven in your deathly distant land.

I do not want your pearly gates, don’t want your streets of gold.

This mornin’ I was born again and a light shines in my soul.

 

This mornin’ I was born again, I was born again complete.

I stood up above my troubles and I stand on my two feet.

My hand it feels unlimited, my body feels like the sky.

I feel at home in the universe where yonder planets fly.

 

This mornin’ I was born again, my past is dead and gone.

This great eternal moment is my great eternal dawn.

Each drop of blood within me, each breath of life I breathe,

Is united with these mountains and the mountains with the seas.

 

I feel the sun upon me, its rays crawl through my skin.

I breathe the life of Jesus and old John Henry in.

I give myself, my heart, my soul to give some friend a hand.

This mornin’ I was born again, I am in the Promised Land.

 

This mornin’ I was born again and a light shines on my land.

I no longer look for heaven in your deathly distant land.

I do not want your pearly gates, don’t want your streets of gold.

And I do not want your mansion for my heart is never cold.