Gentle Arms of Eden

On a sleepy endless ocean when the world lay in a dream There was rhythm in the splash and roll, but not a voice to sing So the moon shone on the breakers and the morning warmed the waves Till a single cell did jump and hum for joy as though to say This is my home, this is my only home This is the only sacred ground that I have ever known And should I stray in th dark night alone Rock me goddess in the gentle arms of eden Then the day shone bright and rounder til the one turned into two And the two into ten thousand things, and old things into new And on some virgin beach head one lonesome critter crawled And he looked about and shouted out in his most astonished drawl This is my home ... Then all the sky was buzzin and the ground was carpet green And the wary children of the wood went dancin in between And the people sang rejoicing when the field was glad with grain This song of celebration from their cities on the plain This is my home ... Now there's smoke across the harbor, and there's factories on the shore And the world is ill with greed and will and enterprise of war But I will lay my burden in the cradle of your grace And the shining beaches of your love and the sea of your embrace This is my home ... --- Gentle Arms of Eden - Dave Carter and Tracy Grammer