Time Is an Ocean

I speak to you in Jesus? name As Jesus speaks through me, The evil we do can?t be blamed upon Our destiny I have walked through the valley of death row To the shore I have stumbled through silvery waters to my saviour, My Salvador Salvador It took me for years to learn I was in prison not in church, And two more to begin the book of my soul?s search Sal & Salvador Time is an ocean of endless tears Sal A wild boy from the streets of the barrio The orphan form the hill of mayaguez Salvador And when I wrote my story The words flew from the page And my soul in solitary Escaped its iron cage Sal & salvador Time is anocean of endless tears Sal Mama, I got your letter today The next time that you write i?ll be transferred Far away, I?m leaving greenhaven?s towers of stone Where the latin population will soon be minus one. Sal & salvador Time is an ocean of endless tears Sal I know how hard it?s been for you these many years, You say the aguinaldo makes you dream of home Where once we strolled the beach at el malecon Go back don?t you worry, I am your grown-up son. Salvador The politics of prison are a mirror of the street The poor endure oppression The police control the state Salvador correctional facility That's what they call this place But look around and you will see A policy of race Sal A forest and a prison Where the snow and the guards are white Salvador If you want to keep your sanity You'll teach yourself to write. Salvador You were a child of sixteen With a twelve-year-old mind You came here numb and battered From the streets I left behind, Sal I'll take the evil in me And turn it into good, Though all your institutions Never thought I could So now I turn to say goodbye Salvador I'll keep your image in my eye Sal & Salvador I turned around to say goodbye Sal, Esmeralda & Salvador I'll keep your image with me till the day I die. Salvador Time is an ocean of endless tears. --- Time Is an Ocean - Paul Simon