I fell off the bridge
I remember that day well
I did not have no reason to fall
I just up and fell
I washed on down a river
Out to the stormy sea
I tried to swim back home
But they was always something pulling on me
Just pulling on me
Always pulling on me
Since that day
That I fell off the bridge
That day I fell off the bridge
My heart sank like a stone
Down, down to the cold dark bottom
My life no more my own
I took refuge down in New Orleans
In the arms of a woman there
But as our love grew in secret I withdrew
For such love I could not bear
For to love someone's to share
And what's to share when nothing's there?
And nothing been there since that day
That I fell off the bridge
I walked the dirty streets of Jerusalem
Now a gimp in beggars shoes
And by the time I'd hit mean old Golgotha
I had but one fight left for me to lose
So I flew on up into heaven
That sacred city filled with light
But no one seemed too much like me up there
So I just kept on flying, moving on
No sense in trying to belong
What's right is right, what's wrong is wrong
And I been wrong all along
Since I fell off the bridge
Friend, show me where I might rest my head
To ease this fevered mind
To find myself at last at peace
Beyond the reach of space and time
Past love, past hate, cruel twists of fate
The dead weight of these memories
Free from sorrows ceaseless undertows
Forever pulling down, down, down on me
Let these shadows wane
Let there come a time
Where this hurt reveals the engine
That sets my soul to shine
To shine
Just let me shine
Just let me shine
Just let me shine
Just let me shine...
