Emmylou Harris The Pearl written by Emmylou Harris A E A O the dragons are gonna fly tonight A E A They're circling low and inside tonight F#m D A It's another round in the losing fight C#m E A Out along the great divide tonight A E A We are aging soldiers in an ancient war E A Seeking out some half remembered shore F#m D A We drink our fill and still we thirst for more C#m E A Asking if there's no heaven what is this hunger for D A Our path is worn our feet are poorly shod D A We lift up our prayer against the odds E D A E A And fear the silence is the voice of God of God of God D A D A And we cry Allelujah Allelujah F#m D A EA We cry Allelujah A E A Sorrow is constant and the joys are brief A E A The seasons come and bring no sweet relief F#m D A Time is a brutal but a careless theif C#m E A Who takes our lot but leaves behind the grief D A It is the heart that kills us in the end D A Just one more old broken bone that cannot mend E D A E A As it was now and ever shall be amen amen amen D A D A And we cry Allelujah Allelujah F#m D A EA We cry Allelujah A E A So there'll be no guiding light for you and me A E A We are not sailors lost out on the sea F#m D A We were always headed toward eternity C#m E A Hoping for a glimpse of Gaililee D A Like falling stars from the universe we are hurled D A Down through the long loneliness of the world E D A E A Until we behold the pain become the pearl the pearl the pearl D A D A And we cry Allelujah Allelujah F#m D A EA We cry Allelujah From Red Dirt Girl Nonesuch Records 2000 Poodlebone Music Malcolm Burn bass Buddy Miller guitar Ethan Johns guitar Daryl Johnson bass Emmylou acoustic guitar