The Son of Hannah (Live from Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, 7/5/2019)
🎵 1997 characters
⏱️ 8:41 duration
🆔 ID: 31874540
📜 Lyrics
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you eat?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a thousand suns?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you smile?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a craving heart?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you smile?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a thousand suns?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you eat?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a craving heart?
But I am left
I'm a son of Eli
No words to confess
My sadness in whispers divine
No mercy, no future for me
My mind is dry
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Don't let your sorrows cover your soul
With a darkness that's deep, oh
Hannah, your prayer has been heard
Your joy will return in great, great
Great, great, great, great splendor
The speechless will sing
And the hopeless will shine
Oh, Hannah, why don't you smile?
Oh, why don't you smile?
Why don't you smile?
Why don't you smile?
Why don't you smile?
Born in 1951
Gone by 2014He leaves behind a brother, a sister, a wife and a child
Friends and memories, friends and memories
He didn't cry a man of faith
Therefore he lived awaiting to die
He loved Jesus Christ but religion he despised
He lived in broad daylight
But compassion for those kneeling in bleakness
Oh he never was much of a dreamer
But a lighthouse for so many others
Oh he left me with nothing
No words, no direction
To set myself in
But he gave me everything
I ever needed
As far as the sun
Taught me to feed a spirit of my own
To carry my voice beyond morning views
To leave the past behind
To leave the past behind
To leave the past behind
My father
My father
My father
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
And forever he lives now
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you eat?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a thousand suns?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you smile?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a craving heart?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you smile?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a thousand suns?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Why do you look so sad?
Why don't you eat?
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Am I not more to you than a craving heart?
But I am left
I'm a son of Eli
No words to confess
My sadness in whispers divine
No mercy, no future for me
My mind is dry
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
I'm a son of Eli
Oh, Hannah, why do you weep?
Don't let your sorrows cover your soul
With a darkness that's deep, oh
Hannah, your prayer has been heard
Your joy will return in great, great
Great, great, great, great splendor
The speechless will sing
And the hopeless will shine
Oh, Hannah, why don't you smile?
Oh, why don't you smile?
Why don't you smile?
Why don't you smile?
Why don't you smile?
Born in 1951
Gone by 2014He leaves behind a brother, a sister, a wife and a child
Friends and memories, friends and memories
He didn't cry a man of faith
Therefore he lived awaiting to die
He loved Jesus Christ but religion he despised
He lived in broad daylight
But compassion for those kneeling in bleakness
Oh he never was much of a dreamer
But a lighthouse for so many others
Oh he left me with nothing
No words, no direction
To set myself in
But he gave me everything
I ever needed
As far as the sun
Taught me to feed a spirit of my own
To carry my voice beyond morning views
To leave the past behind
To leave the past behind
To leave the past behind
My father
My father
My father
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
My windows in the sky
And forever he lives now