SAW LIGHTNING

There was a day I saw lightning There was a day I saw lightning Hey, hey, hey, saw lightning Ho-ho-ho, I saw lightning He-he-he, I saw lightning Ha-ha-ha Saw wind and rain Some mountains fall Saw temples burn And prison walls Saw floods coming Saw children run Got no more shelter, no more sun Then it came to me in a flash of light By the sycamore tree in the dead of night The bottom bell and the longest day And the hardest wind and in the falling rain Saw lightning, saw lightning, saw lightning Held my head up and it struck me down Down to the ground It struck me down, struck me down Struck me down to the ground There was a day, saw lightning There was a day, saw lightning Hey, hey, hey, saw lightning Ho-ho-ho, saw lightning He-he-he, saw lightning Ha-ha-ha When it ain't up, wonder where it go Hold the sea as somewhere to row Over did then dead heroes Make it easy and sunny and go We hold the sea and know the unknown Old Man Dan, 'cuz some of them are low Wondering 'bout where do we go Until, then, we boat Then it came to me in a flash of light By the sycamore tree in the dead of night The bottom bell and the longest day The hardest wind and the fallen rain Saw lightning, saw lightning, saw lightning I held my head up And it struck me down (Ooh!) Down to the ground (Ooh!) It struck me down, struck me down Struck me down on the ground (Ooh!) Hey, hey, hey, saw lightning Ho-ho-ho, saw lightning He-he-he, saw lightning Ha-ha-ha, saw lightning Saw lightning, saw lightning, saw lightning Lord, won't you take me and lead me to the light? (Ooh!) Lord, won't you take me and lead me to the light? (Ooh!) The Lord's gonna take me and leave me in the light (Ooh!) The Lord's gonna take me and leave me in the light (Ooh!) Then it came to me in a flash of light (Ooh!) By the sycamore tree in the dead of night (Ooh!) The bottom bell and the longest day (Ooh!) The hardest wind and the fallen rain (Ooh!) I saw lightning, (Ooh!) saw lightning, (Ooh!) saw lightning (Ooh!) I held my head up (Ooh!) And it struck me down (Ooh!) Down to the ground (Ooh!) It struck me down, struck me down Struck me down on the ground (Ooh!) I saw lightning I saw lightning I saw lightning I saw lightning