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 *   Title : ISRAEL			*
 *  Artist : The Waiting		*
 *   Album : Blue Belly Sky  [1995]	*
 * Lyrics by Brad Olsen 		*
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   (Language: English)

ISRAEL:
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Call me Israel 
Since some years ago, it's been my fate to sail November seas, 
And this I know. 
No sailor was I born, no seaman was I bred 
Still, the sea has carved an eye for sinking ships and floating dead.

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Call me Israel 
I sail a sea of sand, and at the journey's close, 
Will you suppose a man is still a man 
Who would turn against the wind, who would barrel out his chest 
Sail his vessel to the brink and think the fall will give him rest?

 BRIDGE:
 I wrestle with the wind, I wrestle with the waves 
 And ropes tear in my skin and still, within the storm...
 
-3-
Call me Israel 
Since some years ago, it's been my fate to sail November seas 
Inside my soul

And I wrestle with the wind, and I wrestle with the waves 
And ropes tear in my skin and still, within the storm, within the sea, 
Within the rage 
I can see You...

 TAIL:
 Call me Israel 
 I sail a sea of sand 
 I'm the very soul my Father holds forever in His hand

 © 1995 Bird Belly Music