Considering Dr. King On His Holiday...

Let us turn our thoughts today

To Martin Luther King

& recognize that

 There are ties between us

All men & women

Living on the Earth

Ties of hope & love

Sister & brotherhood

That we are bound together

In our desire to see the world become

A place in which our children

Can grow free & strong

We are bound together

By the task that stands before us

& the road that lies ahead

We are bound & we are bound

There is a feeling

 Like the clenching of a fist

There is a hunger in the
 Center of the chest

There is a passage through
 The darkness & the mist

& though the body sleeps
 The heart will never rest

Shed a little light, oh Lord

So that we can see

Just a little light, oh Lord

Wanna stand it on up

Stand it on up, oh Lord

Wanna walk it on down

Shed a little light, oh Lord

Can't get no light from the dollar bill

Don't give me no light from a TV screen

When I open my eyes

I wanna drink my fill

From the well on the hill

(Do you know what I mean?)

There is a feeling

 Like the clenching of a fist

There is a hunger in the
 Center of the chest

There is a passage through
 The darkness & the mist

& though the body sleeps
 The heart will never rest

Oh, Let us turn our thoughts today

To Martin Luther King

& recognize that there are ties
 Between us

All men & women

Living on the Earth

Ties of hope & love

Sister & brotherhood
James Taylor
1991