on the barren slopes of a thousand hopes where a warm wind blows to a place where i could rest my bones all my life i ve worked the earth for what it s worth sun and dirt is all i ve ever known gone this way so many times to make the climb in the way i always do and will but this day i heard a sound as i looked around and there she was standing on the hill blue the color of her flowing dress she touched my head with a hand to bless i stood as if my legs had turned to stone brown the color of her skin like mine said in a voice all too divine from this day son you ll never be alone the sweetest music filled the air gone were all my cares felt like i was walking in a dream said pick the roses from around her feet like i had never seen take them down to all who don t believe blue the color of her flowing dress she touched my head with a hand to bless i stood as if i my legs had turned to stone brown the color of her skin like mine said in a voice all too divine from this day son you ll never be alone 