LIFT ME UP^©

Live 31 Jul 2005 version

Spoken intro: Hello! Good evening. Columbus. Thanks a lot. Alright uh... the only ??? I can use tonight is about as much quiet as I can get, ???, enjoy yourselves, have a good time. Alright, uh... I will start with something that uh, that I've never played before so... This is obscure [chuckles]. I want to, I'm gonna turn you down a little bit, is that ok? ??? work, alright. This was a song John Sayles called me up asked me for a song for the end of one of his pictures and so I wrote this.

I don't need your answered prayers
Or the chains your lover wears
I don't need your rings of gold
Or the secrets that you hold

Lift me up, darling
Lift me up and I'll fall with you lift me up
Let your love lift me up

I don't need your sacred vow
Or the promise tomorrow brings
Veiled behind the morning clouds
I'll take the fate the daylight brings

Lift me up, darling
Lift me up and I'll fall with you lift me up
Let your love lift me up

When the morning bright
Lifts away this night
In the light above
We will find our love, we will find our loves

Your skin, your hand upon my neck
This skin, your fingers on my skin
This kiss, this heartbeat, this breath
This heart, this heart, this wilderness

Lift me up, darling
Lift me up and I'll fall with you lift me up
Let your love lift me up
Lift me up, darling
Lift me up and I'll fall with you lift me up
Let your love lift me up

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Page last updated: 21 Aug 2007

The above lyrics are for the one and only know live performance of LIFT ME UP. This was during the Devils & Dust Solo Acoustic Tour, when the song opened the 31 Jul 2005 show at Schottenstein Center, Columbus, OH. Check also the studio version for more info.