Show Them the Way

Please God, show 'em the way

Please God, on this day

Spirits all give 'em the strength

Peace can come if you really want it

I had a fragile dream

In a great house in the Hamptons

I'd been there before

Singing songs and doing benefits

I was in a room alone

Putting on my make up

Like so many things have come to me

The dress came across the persian carpet

As I fell into the dress

A thought came to me

Into my heart

"I have a dream"

And a door opened

I turned to face the music

I was ready for the Kennedys

I don't know if it was 1960 or 1963

Everything was timeless, even me

I wasn't old, I wasn't young

I was just part of their dream

A shadow walked with me down the hall

It was Martin Luther King

All in shadow, all before me

Overwhelmed by destiny

Someone said, "Sing us a song, there's a piano"

And handed me a drink

The room was full of hope

A song would set them free

And I said

Please God, show 'em the way

Please God, on this day

Spirits all give 'em the strength

Peace can come if you really want it

I sat at the piano

Stared out at the shadows

I sang the words, "I have a dream"

He wasn't my old friend John

I didn't know him then

But he smiled at me

And I sang these words

Whatever it takes

What ever it takes to be free

No, I didn't know these men

But they knew me

It was all symbolic

Nothing was as it seemed

They all left us in a single shot

But they didn't take the dream

They were there in that house

Discussing the future and drinking champagne

I was just the piano player, the voice

Part of their dream

I was 35 or maybe I was 15

It was just another night in the presence of Martin Luther King

I was just a dreamer

I was ready for the Kennedys

And I said

Please God, show 'em the way

Please God, on this day

Light the fire, start it over

Tell the world about the dream

Start it up, make it real

Please God, show him the way

Please God, show her the way

Please God, show them the way

Please God

Back in the room where it all began

My heart began to heal, I believe it

I remember the beauty of the Hamptons

The shadows playing in the sun

A voice said the dream is not over

No, the dream has just begun

I spun around to another shadow

Slipping through the door

My eyes opened wide

What is this all for?

The shadow said, "Don't forget it, don't forget

What we were fighting for, don't forget it"

And I said

Please God, show 'em the way (It's just another night)

Please God, on this day (Marting Luther King)

Spirits all give 'em the strength (Sing us a song)

Peace can come if you fight for it (Don't forget it)

I think we're just in time to save it (Ooh, and said, oh said)

Please God, show them the way (All in shadow)

Please God, on this day (All before me)

Spirits all give 'em the strength

Peace can come if you fight for it

I think we're just in time to save it

Set them free

The room was full hope

Please God, show 'em the way (I believe him)

Please God, on this day (Don't forget him)

Spirits all give 'em the strength (Don't forget what we were fighting for)

I think we're just in time to save it

Peace can come, if you fight for it

Peace can come, if you try harder

Peace can come, ooh, if you really want it

That dream

Don't forget it

Please God, show them the way