Love 'Em Anyway    © 2008 RFRussell

You gotta wonder at this life we live, walking around on this earth
Back and forth we pace, furiously, careful not to stir anything up
If we never take a risk, we never stretch; never forgive, we never forget
And then aren't we just as strange as the ones we're pointing at
    You step outside of the circle, and after your eyes adjust
    You see the headlight of our moon that floats in the darkness
    up above
    Then you remember your good fortune, breathing here at all
    this day
    And though you can't remember exactly what you learned
    you couldn't say it out loud anyway
        First you try and well may fail; again and again
        sometimesto no avail
        Until eventually you trust the wind and start to sail
        When you let love illuminate, and you love ‘em anyway
They may make you mad, they may make you crazy, they may be sad as you but twice as lazy
They may be on your back or maybe at your door, they may be calling in or sleeping on the floor
Don't bother tryin' to make sense of none, just take a deep breath and pray that when it's done, love has won
At the other end and no matter what they say,
you gotta look ‘em in the eyes and love ‘em anyway
    It's what I hear the prophets say; it's what I hear the wind
    explain—
        First you try and well may fail; again and again
        sometimes to no avail
        Until eventually you trust the wind and start to sail
        When you let love light up your days, and you learn to
        love ‘em anyway