Testimony
(Robbie Robertson)
Look over yonder, Apollo at a distance
You can hear his music if you listen to the wind (blow) I want to be there – I want to be right there
I want to see it with my own eyes
Bear witness, I’m wailing like the wind
Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again
In these hands, I’ve held the broken dream
In my soul, I’m howling at the moon Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself, I will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, I will testify
I had a revelation like runaway horses
Took to the road with a carnival show (roll on) Those golden days on Smokey Mountain Playing guitar in a one man band (that’s right) Bear witness, I’m howling at the moon
Come bear witness, I’ve danced among the ruins In these shoes, I’ve walked a crooked mile
All my life I’ve been searching for the nightbird Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself, I will testify
Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, I will testify
Are you ready to take the heat?
Are you ready to blow the steam?
Are you ready to bag the street?
You got nothing to lose – but your chains For forty days and forty nights
I come across the desert
Apollo right by my side (rave on)
Bear witness, I’m wailing like the wind Come bear witness, the half-breed rides again In these hands, I’ve held the broken dream In my soul, I’m howling at the moon Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself, I will testify Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, I will testify Testimony, testimony
Testimony, I will testify Testimony, testimony
Speak the truth, I will testify Testimony, testimony
Declare yourself, I will testify