Time is an Ocean

<br>Sal<br><br>I speak to you in jesuss name<br><br>As jesus speaks through me,<br><br>The evil we do cant be blamed upon our destiny<br><br>I have walked through the valley of death-row to the shore<br><br>I have stumbled through silvery water to my savior, my salvador!<br><br><br><br>Salvador<br><br>It took me four years to learn<br><br>I was in prison not in church.<br><br>And two more to begin the book of my souls search.<br><br><br><br>Sal &amp; salvador<br><br>Time is an ocean of endless tears<br><br><br><br>Sal<br><br>A wild boy from the streets of el barrio<br><br>An orphan from the hills of mayag&uuml;ez<br><br><br><br>Salvador<br><br>And when I wrote my story<br><br>The words flew from the page<br><br>And my soul in solitary<br><br>Escaped its iron cage.<br><br><br><br>Sal &amp; salvador<br><br>Time is an ocean of endless tears<br><br><br><br>Sal<br><br>Mama, I got your letter today<br><br>The next time that you write Ill be transferred far away.<br><br>Im leaving greenhavens towers of stone<br><br>Where the latin population will soon be minus one.<br><br><br><br>Salvador<br><br>Time is an ocean of endless tears.<br><br><br><br>Sal<br><br>I know how hard its been for you these many years,<br><br>You say the aguinaldo makes you dream of home<br><br>Where once we strolled the beach at el malecon<br><br>Go back dont you worry, I am your grown-up son.<br><br><br><br>Salvador<br><br>The politics of prison are a mirror of the street.<br><br>The poor endure oppression<br><br>The police control the state.<br><br><br><br>Correctional facility<br><br>Thats what they call this place<br><br>But look around and you will see<br><br>The politics of race.<br><br><br><br>Sal<br><br>A forest and a prison<br><br>Where the snow and guards are white<br><br><br><br>Salvador<br><br>If you want to keep your sanity<br><br>Youll teach yourself to write.<br><br><br><br>You were a child of sixteen<br><br>With a twelve-year-old mind<br><br>You came here numb and battered<br><br>By the streets I left behind<br><br><br><br>Sal<br><br>Ill take the evil in me<br><br>And turn it into good,<br><br>Though all your institutions<br><br>Never thought I could<br><br>So now Ill turn to say goodbye<br><br><br><br>Salvador<br><br>Ill keep your image in my eye<br><br><br><br>Sal &amp; salvador<br><br>I turn around to say goodbye<br><br><br><br>Salvador<br><br>Ill keep your image with me till the day I die<br><br><br><br>Sal &amp; salvador<br><br>Time is an ocean of endless tears