Well now on a summer night in a dusky room. Come a little piece of the Lord's undying light. Crying like he swallowed the fiery moon. In his mother's arms it was all the beauty I could take. Like the missing words to some prayer that I could never make. In a world so hard and dirty so fouled and confused. Searching for a little bit of God's mercy. I found living proof. I put my heart and soul I put 'em high upon a shelf. Right next to the faith the faith that I'd lost in myself. I went down into the desert city. Just tryin' so hard to shed my skin. I crawled deep into some kind of darkness. Lookin' to burn out every trace of who I'd been. You do some sad sad things baby. When it's your you 're tryin' to lose. You do some sad and hurtful things. I've seen living proof. You shot through my anger and rage. To show me my prison was just an open cage. There were no keys no guards. Just one frightened man and some old shadows for bars. Well now all that's sure on the boulevard. Is that life is just a house of cards. As fragile as each and every breath. Of this boy sleepin' in our bed. Tonight let's lie beneath the eaves. Just a close band of happy thieves. And when that train comes we'll get on board. And steal what we can from the treasures of the Lord. It's been along long drought baby. Tonight the rain's pourin' down on our roof. Looking for a little bit of God's mercy. I found living proof.