Lyrics The Messenger - Edie Brickell

The Messenger

I know you’ve tried
Very hard in your life to be kind
You have held on stranger for the other guy
People have changed
Very little since you’ve been alive
But you have grown
To see them more with your heart than your eyes
Can fail to give the right portrayal
As a bird behind a tree
Give me a mind to feel better
He said just because you cannot see
Doesn’t mean that it isn’t there
Some days are long
Without a song you can sing to feel good
No sign from God
To make it understood
Loneliness succumbs to emptiness
As a bird behind a tree
Give me a mind to feel better
He said just because you cannot see
Doesn’t mean that it isn’t there
Come on over to me
Stop your crying please
By the reflection of a little pond
His eyes were friendly and his legs were long, so long
You gazed a while
Out the window with your cigarette
Rebellious child
So many tears to shed
Then he came as if to say your name
And you knew he spoke to you
Clear as the voice in your own mind
He said, just because you cannot see
Doesn’t mean that you cannot find