I Wish I Could Sing Like Richard Manuel

I wish I could sing like Richard Manuel

then I could make you love me

if I had a voice that cried that way

then you'd really see

that I could make you love me

God touches us in mysterious ways

and sometimes not at all

some of us He picks up

and some of us He lets fall

some he sits down in a room

and sends the other in

and says "you two work it out

in this land of love and sin"

(chorus)

I'll bring you things from inside

and lay then at your feet

I'll sleep with a rose of thorns

on the dark end of the street

I'll call your name when you're alone

when it's cold provide a spark

act like a child in the morning light

and whisper in the dark

(chorus)