Lori Harris: Music
Tears to Diamonds
(Lori Harris)
Tears To Diamonds
Lori Harris, 2006
Baby falls, Momma holds
Sun through tears, beautiful
Momma’s gaze drifts away
Beauty in the pain
“I save those tears, you know
Safe in a bottle I hold”
“Suffering people cry a lot
How big a bottle have you got?
Show me what You’ve got”
Hands held waiting like a cup in heaven
A bottle spilling all that it’s been saving
Diamonds stream down
In the splendor of the sun
All that suffering and hurting down here
Somehow changes into dancing up there
Diamonds stream down
Love can turn tears to diamonds
Broken dreams, discontent
Love laid down, ill-spent
Children tired, hungry, poor
Suffering in war
“You don’t cry enough
Don’t you be so tough
Cry out my child, I will move
Mountains I will move
Mountains I will move”
Chorus
Bridge:
“Sow your tears and reap
Joy beyond your dreams
Your suffering does not know
The glory I will show
Glory I will show”
(Keep your)
Hands held waiting like a cup in heaven
For your bottle spilling all that it’s been saving
Diamonds stream down
In the splendor of My Son
All that suffering and hurting down there
I promise you will dance for up here
Diamonds stream down
My Love will turn tears
to diamonds
I’m gonna press your tears
to diamonds
Let me comfort, let me hold
Sun through tears, beautiful