Jackie Leven - Clay Jug Lyrics

'Inside this clay jug
There are canyons, and pine mountains,
And the maker of canyons and pine mountains.
All seven oceans are inside
And hundreds of millions of stars

The acid that tests gold is here
Also the one who judges jewels
Also the music that comes from
Inside the human body
Even though no fingers are touching
Those strings
Also the source of all water

Kabir says, 'if you want the truth,
I'll tell you the truth,
Friend listen -
The God whom I love is inside'

Inside this jug there are oceans
Rivers and mountains
All seven oceans
And hundreds of millions of stars

And still the hand that carries the jug
Feels the full weight, even after the jug
Has splashed half empty, on the way home

'If you want the truth
I'll tell you the truth,
Friend listen -
The God whom I love is inside'

When I woke up this morning
You were on what left
Of my mind - yeah
The source of all water

'Therefore
The one who finds a horseshoe
Rubs it with wool till it shines
And then hangs it over the door
To rest, never to strike sparks
From the flint again

Human lips, that have no more to say
Keep the shape of the last word they said
And the hand goes on feeling
The full weight, even after the jug
Has splashed half empty
On the way home

What I'm saying now
Isn't said by me
It's dug out of he ground
Like grains of petrified wheat
Some portray a lion on their coins
Others, a head:
All sorts of round bits
Of brass, gold, bronze
Lie in the earth sharing the same honour

The age tried to bite through them
Leaving its teeth marks
Time gnaws at me like a coin
And there's not even
Enough of me left
For myself'