I got so down and troubled
I nearly lost my head
I started wakin' every morning
Filled with sadness, fear and dread
The world I took for granted
Was crashing to the ground
And I realized I might not live long enough
To ever see it turn around
Oh, but then I got to thinkin'
Of the ones who came before
Of all the sacrifices that they made
To open up so many doors
Doors I got to walk through
On streets paved for me
By people who were workin' on a world
They never got to see
Now, now we're workin' on a world
I may never see
I'm joining forces with the warriors of love
Who came before and will follow you and me
I get up in the morning
Knowing I'm privileged just to be
Workin' on a world
I may never see
I don't have all the answers
To the troubles of the day
But neither did all our ancestors
And they persevered anyway
When I see a little baby
Reaching out its arms to me
I remember why I'm workin' on a world
I may never see
I'm workin' on a world I may never see
Joining forces with the warriors of love
Who came before and will follow you and me
I get up in the morning
Knowing I'm privileged just to be
Workin' on a world
I may never see
I'm workin' on a world
I may never see
Iris DeMent Songs Lyrics and Chords
- Out of the Fire
- Mama Was Always Tellin' Her Truth
- There's a Whole Lotta Heaven
- Makin' My Way Back Home
- Livin' on the Inside
- If That Ain't Love
- Sing the Delta
- The Night I Learned How Not to Pray
- Before the Colors Fade
- Go On Ahead and Go Home
- Walkin' Daddy
- Nothin' For The Dead
- How Long
- Nothin' For The Dead
- Let Me Be Your Jesus
- Warriors Of Love
- I Won't Ask You Why
- The Sacred Now
- Goin' Down To Sing In Texas
- Workin' On A World Song by Iris DeMent