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My City Of Ruins (Live From The Kennedy Center Honors) Lyrics By Eddie Vedder

    there’s a blood red circle
    on a cold dark ground
    and the rain is falling down
    the church doors thrown open
    i can hear the organ’s song
    but the congregation’s gone

    my city of ruins
    my city of ruins

    now the sweet veils of mercy
    drifting through the evening trees
    young men on the corner
    like scattered leaves
    the boarded up windows
    the empty streets
    while my brother’s down on his knees

    my city of ruins
    my city of ruins

    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up

    now there’s tears on the pillow
    darling where we slept
    and you took my heart when you left
    without your sweet kiss
    my soul is lost my friend
    now tell me how do i begin again

    my city’s in ruin
    my city’s in ruin

    now with these hands
    with these hands
    oh with these hands
    with these hands
    i pray lord
    with these hands
    pray for the strength lord
    with these hands
    pray for the love lord
    with these hands
    pray for the lost lord
    with these hands
    pray for the strength lord
    with these hands
    pray for the strength lord
    with these hands

    i
    come on come on come on come on
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up
    come on rise up

    come on rise up

    Artist: Eddie Vedder

    Year: 2010

    Decade: 10s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 128