This is the 2nd Track on the Slow Train Coming Album released in 1979. This is by far one of my all time favorite songs; the music, the lyrics, the overall sound, all comes together with a Strong Sentiment of the Love I have for my wife. I loved it when I first heard it, and I love hearing it even now.
Precious angel, under the sun,
How was I to know, you’d be the one,
To show me I was blinded, to show me I was gone,
How weak was the foundation, I was standing upon?
Now there’s spiritual warfare, flesh and blood breaking down.
Ya either got faith or ya got unbelief, and there ain’t no neutral ground.
The enemy is subtle, how be it we are deceived,
When the truth’s in our hearts, and we still don’t believe?
Shine your light, shine your light on me,
Shine your light, shine your light on me,
Shine your light, shine your light on me.
Ya know I just couldn’t make it by myself.
I’m a little too blind to see.
My so-called friends, have fallen under a spell.
They look me squarely in the eye, and they say, “Well, all is well.”
Can they imagine the darkness, that will fall from on high,
When men will beg God to kill them, and they won’t be able to die?
Sister, let me tell ya, about a vision that I saw.
You were drawing water for your husband, you were suffering under the law.
You were telling him about Buddha, you were telling him about Mohammed in one breath.
You never mentioned one time the Man who came and died a criminal’s death.
Shine your light, shine your light on me,
Shine your light, shine your light on me,
Shine your light, shine your light on me.
Ya know I just couldn’t make it by myself.
I’m a little too blind to see.
Precious angel, you believe me when I say,
What God has given to us, no man can take away.
We are covered in blood girl, you know both our forefathers were slaves.
Let us hope they’ve found mercy, in their bone-filled graves.
You’re the queen of my flesh girl, you’re my woman, you’re my delight,
You’re the lamp of my soul girl, and you torch up the night.
But there’s violence in the eyes girl, so let us not be enticed,
On the way out of Egypt, through Ethiopia, to the judgment hall of Christ.
Shine your light, shine your light on me,
Shine your light, shine your light on me,
Shine your light, shine your light on me,
Ya know I just couldn’t make it by myself.
I’m a little too blind to see.