Jess Klein

Holy Land

Jess Klein


Children play in a garden of eden 
Hunger away, food never eaten 
Storing treasures in the sand 
While we curse the promised land 
Like we've never been 

Run like thieves, die for riches 
Guilded doors and blood-soaked ditches 
But the colors of the trees are meant for you and me 
If we ever see 

Holy land 
Holy land 
Holy land 
In the palms of our hands 

You want a soul, find a soul full of kisses 
Who won't let you go, who knows what your wish is 
Even when you fawn or fight 
He'll see you in the light 
That you saw within 

Holy land 
Holy land 
Holy land 
In the palms of our hands 

Holy land 
Holy land 
Holy land 
In the palms of our hands 

I went away, to be all by myself where 
Children don't play, hearts hide too scared 
I would never have believed 
It still would follow me 
Like a prayer shot south 

Sat on a cold and lonely thruway 
Fought every old and every new way 
Til I looked out of the glass 
And I felt it fallin' fast 
Out of my mouth