COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)

<p>COEXIST (I Will Bless The Lord At All Times?)</p><p>U2</p><p><br></p><p>"Am I the best or the worst or the worst of the best?" she sang</p><p>Ice cream smile wide as a mile back then</p><p>"Say a nice prayer, be a good girl, finger on my lips"</p><p>When she returned her lipstick had learned how not to kiss</p><p>I can't fix her, can only love her</p><p>Can't keep her pocket full</p><p>I can't keep her face in smiles</p><p>Someone's stolen what was beautiful</p><p>I can't sing her home to me in rhymes</p><p>But I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p><br></p><p>Bless the Lord at all times</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p>I will bless</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p>I will bless the Lord</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p><br></p><p>Every night we hope and pray for a new day to rise</p><p>Every morning when the sun shows up it's still a surprise</p><p>Any child is every child in any mother's eyes</p><p>I will bless the Lord</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p>I will bless the Lord</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p><br></p><p>That child you hear has been crying for years in the wilderness</p><p>A child without armour had no hatred to harbour, only loveliness</p><p>The driver of the ambulance unpacks his shirt pressed and neat</p><p>To honour the hurt and the hungry he will later greet</p><p>There's not so much road left here and no road signs</p><p>Drones hover without any consciousness over war crimes</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times?</p><p><br></p><p>The tide is rising, all ships are sinking</p><p>New poets must despise all old ways of thinking</p><p>Whoever made language must've been drinking</p><p>Twenty-six characters own all the ink and printing</p><p>I got so many words in my head but I can't find the lines</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><p><br></p><p>Changes, these changes</p><p>Will rain on this parade</p><p>Changes, these changes</p><p>I am not afraid</p><p><br></p><p>No one there to write it down</p><p>But when the prophet came around</p><p>Said "I've a stranger with me</p><p>In the fight none can compare</p><p>But food and shelter we share</p><p>Beloved community"</p><p><br></p><p>Every night we hope and pray for a new day to rise</p><p>Every morning when the sun shows up, it's still a surprise</p><p>Any child is every child in any mother's eyes</p><p>I will bless the Lord</p><p>I will bless the Lord at all times</p><