This Morning I Was Born Again

By Woody Guthrie

This morning I was born again and a light shines on my land.

I no longer look for heaven in your deathly distant land.

I do not want your pearly gates don't want your streets of gold

This morning I was born again and a light shines in my soul.

This morning I was born again, I was born again complete

I stood up above my troubles and I stand on my two feet

My hand it feels unlimited, my body feels like the sky

I feel at home in the universe where yonder planets fly.

This I was born again, my past is dead and gone

This great eternal moment is my great eternal dawn

Each drop of blood within me, each breath of life I breathe

Is united with these mountains and the mountains with the seas.

I feel the sun upon me, it's rays crawl through my skin

I breathe the life of Jesus and old John Henry in.

I give myself, my heart, my soul to give some friend a hand


This morning I was born again, I am in the promised land.

This morning I was born again and a light shines on my land

I no longer look for heaven in your deathly distant land

I do not want your pearly gates, don't want your streets of gold

And I do not want your mansion for my heart is never cold.

You can hear this song sung by Slaid Cleaves by clicking on the button for it in the music box at the bottom of my sidebar.

Happy Thanksgiving!