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.