Janis Ian We Endure song lyrics

We Endure(Janis Ian)The fields were fallow, the wells were dry

A mother's sorrow begged an unforgiving skyand every day another year dragged by'til it seemed that even God had turned his backand just like Mother Earth, we soon would crack

But we endured

Though the road only got longer, we enduredand it seemed to make us stronger

Even when the wolves were howling at the door we endured

Summer sorrows gave way to winter chills

Fever stalked the land 'til it drank its fillof children sweet as mother's milk

Every night another angel earned its' wingsand it seemed we would not live to face the spring

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Our hearts are fragile

Our bodies soon unwind

We've barely learned to livewhen we begin to die

When your children ask mewhy we're even born

I say - we are but the tail wind of a storm

The thunder echos loudest when it's gone

But we endure

Though the road only got longer, we endureand I swear it makes us stronger

Even when the wolves are howling at the doorwe endure