and she turned her face toward him Ayl-a-lu-ya

and she turned her face toward him Ayl-a-lu-ya


Ayl-a-lu-ya, ayl-a-lu-ya

I’m gonna tell you a lover’s tale

It’s a holy tale

Ayl-a-lu-ya, ayl-a-lu-ya

There was a boy once and he was taken far away
And he fought and fought with everything because he was afraid

Ayl-a-lu-ya, ayl-a-luya

And there was a girl good and unafraid
From a land of ice and snow

And Joshua fit da battle of Jericho
Jericho and dat sun it stood still in da sky

And the boy now a man could not stop fighting
Fighting even hisself turning against everybody

He failed to look over Jordan and what did he see
To see what his nanny had taught him had taught him to sing

And the boy now a man failed to see the girl as the sorceress
Had told him from a land of ice and snow turn her face toward him

But that river was wide and deep
Wide and deep and dark as his soul so used to fighting

The girl in her land of cold tried to guide his path
Believing in this boy now man who had turned all away before

Ayl-a-lu-ya, ayl-a-lu-ya

And the girl wanted this lover’s tale
Even though both were pledged to others

Ayl-a-lu-ya, ayl-a-lu-ya

And the boy now man loved the girl now woman
With a love that was more than love

Take me down to the river Jordan, rinse me in holy waters

And the boy still fought cause that’s all he knew
And the girl reached out her hand once again and said sh-h-h- I am here

To cross the waters of the cold flowing Jordan, to cross those waters

And the girl’s father smiled as did the boy’s mother from a land of tears
At the will of the girl to save her lover in which she saw so much

Ayl-a-lu-ya, ayl-a-lu-ya

And the boy bloomed like a Christmas cactus blossoming yet again
By heat of the girl’s love which was holy unafraid of the boy so long distant

Ayl-a-lu-ya, ayl-a-lu-ya

And their holy tale is now complete yes it is yes it is
Because the girl has brought peace back to this boy’s heart
And they both see themselves in whispers of kisses embracing what is true and holy