Miriam

I've seen the sunrise over the

badlands crest And I've seen the

lightning

put the pines to rest But

none of it shakes me,

none of it holds a light

To the way you look sleeping

in the middle of the night

Your heart is a river

and mine is a stone

I'm just a wanderer you brought

on home

You got a grace that I

can't quite explain

Like a desert flower waiting on

the rain

Every man in this county is

looking your way

But you're the only reason I

still bow to pray

Oh Miriam,

you're the silver in the coal

You're the only thing

that's ever really saved my soul

I'm a jagged edge,

you're a velvet line I can't

believe a girl like you is

mine Yeah Miriam,

you're the light upon the hill

And I'll keep on loving you

'til

the world stands still

You walk in the room and

the shadows all flee

You see the king

in the ghost of me

You don't ask for diamonds,

you don't ask for gold

Just a hand to hang on

to

when the winter gets cold

I've got dirt on my past

and dust on my name But

you look at me Miriam and

you don't see the shame

Oh Miriam,

you're the silver in the coal

You're the only thing

that's ever really saved my soul

I'm a jagged edge,

you're a velvet line I can't

believe a girl like you is

mine Yeah Miriam,

you're the light upon the hill

And I'll keep on loving you

'til

the world stands still

They say angels are legends,

just stories and myths But they

haven't seen the beauty that I'm

walking with

No, they haven't seen Miriam

Oh Miriam,

you're the silver in the coal

You're the only thing that's ever

really saved my soul I'm a

jagged edge,

you're a velvet line I can't

believe a girl

like you is mine

Oh Miriam,

my Miriam

Yeah, you're the light