I speak to you in jesus� name
as jesus speaks through me,
the evil we do can�t be blamed upon
our destiny
i have walked through the valley of death row
to the shore
i have stumbled through silvery waters to my saviour,
my salvador
Salvador
It took me for years to learn
i was in prison not in church,
and two more to begin the book of my soul�s search
Sal & salvador
Time is an ocean of endless tears
Sal
A wild boy from the streets of the barrio
the orphan form the hill of mayaguez
Salvador
And when i wrote my story
the words flew from the page
and my soul in solitary
escaped its iron cage
Sal & salvador
Time is anocean of endless tears
Sal
Mama, i got your letter today
the next time that you write i�ll be transferred
far away,
i�m leaving greenhaven�s towers of stone
where the latin population will soon be minus one.
Sal & salvador
Time is an ocean of endless tears
Sal
I know how hard it�s been for you these many years,
you say the aguinaldo makes you dream of home
where once we strolled the beach at el malecon
go back don�t you worry, i am your grown-up son.
Salvador
The politics of prison are a mirror of the street
the poor endure oppression
the police control the state
Salvadorcorrectional facility
that�s what they call this place
but look around and you will see
a policy of race
Sal
a forest and a prison
where the snow and the guards are white
Salvador
If you want to keep your sanity
you�ll teach yourself to write.
Salvador
You were a child of sixteen
with a twelve-year-old mind
you came here numb and battered
from the streets i left behind,
Sal
I�ll take the evil in me
and turn it into good,
though all your institutions
never thought i could
so now i turn to say goodbye
Salvador
I�ll keep your image in my eye
Sal & salvador
I turned around to say goodbye
Sal, esmeralda & salvador
I�ll keep your image with me till the day i die.
Salvador
Time is an ocean of endless tears.