Spirit Voices Paul Simon

[Verse 1]
We sailed up a river wide as a sea
Slept on the banks on the leaves of a banyan tree
And all of these spirit voices rule the night

[Verse 2]
Some stories are magical, meant to be sung
Songs from the mouth of the river when the world was young
And all of these spirit voices rule the night

[Chorus 1]
By moon we walk to the brujo's door
Along a path of river stones
Women with their nursing children seated on the floor
We join the fevers and the broken bones

[Verse 3]
The candlelight flickers, the falcon calls
A lime-green lizard scuttles down the cabin wall
And all of these spirit voices

[Verse 4]
Sing rain water, sea water, river water, holy water
Wrap this child in mercy, heal her
Heaven's only daughter
All of these spirit voices rule the night