Lyrics Solomon Burke

Solomon Burke

Flesh and Blood

Come sit beside me

That'll do for now

The night has come and left me

Just the light that you allow

Come speak my name

Fill my head with all such foolish dreams

My flesh and blood

Is no more real to me

Than what it seems

My love for you is burning

Like a spark along a fuse

I feel your mark upon me now

As surely as the hand that leaves the bruise

Life is for the living

And life comes hard for some

The rest of us with flesh and blood

Make it hard all along

All I ever wanted

Was the freedom to refuse

Or something of my own to love enough

To hate

To lose

The fever in my brain

Is leaving smoke behind my eyes

But the part of me that wants to change

Fights the part of me that trys

Come see the golden light

Cause I've turned the gold light on

Sometimes god knows

You gotta learn to shine, shine, shine shine, shine gold.

I stepped out of darkness

And for a moment

I'm only living by your kiss your kiss your kiss your kiss your

Lips your kiss

And now, just for now, our flesh and blood

Is more real than this

More real than this