Lyrics - Touch the Sky

14. THE BUDDHA © 2007
Words and music by Deborah Jeanne Weitzman

I’m holding on, though I know better
Though I am wiser, then I appear
And I don’t want to sit like the Buddha
I want to desire, to dance right into the flame

And you say, I must wait patiently
While it seems to me, that’s not my style
To sit here, with the Buddha and be silent
When there’s so much life out there to claim

• Chorus:
• I don’t mind all the learning
• That comes with the burning
• that comes with the shame
• I am trying to find the right road,
• but in the meanwhile
• Dance with me in the flame.

I know you think I can’t be with myself
I must confess, I’d rather be with you,
then sit here with the Buddha just pretending
that I know what I must do