From the recording Between Exile and Redemption
Lyrics
ב"ה
ONE EXTREME TO ANOTHER…
Chava was a child of creation
Living in her father’s garden
With her head in the clouds
And her feet in the river
Making some very strange decisions
She wanted this & she wanted that
& she wanted all the things that she wanted
& she turned away from the warmth of the sun
to the moonlight’s cold persuasion
Chorus:
And the Rebbe said:
For the hidden & essential powers are revealed
In such situations & it is possible to change
One’s life from one extreme to another
Yosef left Yerushalayim settled in the northern desert
Turning his back on the sacred things
& taking many other things for granted
& he tried to live in two different houses
His heart was badly damaged
With a long distance stare
He says that he don’t care
But deep down he knows it really matters
Chorus:
Yitzchak lives in the land of illusions
Fascinated by the carnival
He teeters so very close to the edge
That his soul is always in danger
He shares his life with unsavory types
Hustling thru the shadows
Temptations fight to get a piece of him
Because they know he’s so easily distracted
Chorus:
copyright y.koch 2011
ב"ה
Johnny slept beneath the tree
Torn between the good and the evil
Pruning and plowing, sifting and staring
Never knowing which way he's going
Digging himself into a big black hole
Where the silence screams in anger
Chasing away the very heart of himself
To act temporarily like a stranger…
temporarily like a stranger
Chorus:
copyright y.koch 2011
