Dig Down Deep - Marc Cohn

When hope and love has been lost And you fall to the ground You must find a way When the darkness descends And you're told it's the end You must find a way When God decides to look the other way And a clown takes the throne We must find a way Face the firing squad Against all the odds You will find a way Dig down Dig down Dig down and find faith When you're close to the edge With a gun to your head You must find a way When friends are thin on the ground And they try to divide us We must find a way We have entered the fray And we will not obey We must find a way, yeah Dig down Dig down Dig down and find faith When they've left you for dead And you can only see red You must find a way Dig down Dig down Dig down, find faith We won't let them divide We will never abide We will find a way Dig down Dig down Dig down, find faith Dig down Dig down, find faith

Pull me up, pull me up Pull my hand I don't know, love, but I'll do what I can Burned a few times and it messed me up Show me that you could be one to trust Pull me up, pull me up In too deep Help me start put a heart on my sleeve I wish I could be more like you But, sometimes it's so hard to do Tell me it's for love Tell me it's for love Finding words to say just gets harder Tell me it's for love Tell me it's for love All I ask of you was that you just Dig a little deeper And find the love I keep to myself Myself I'd show what's underneath here But, I can't do it if you don't help So, help me Help me dig deep Wanna be here for you When you can't get no sleep You and I stay up all night If you just dig deep Wanna be here for ya When you can't get no sleep You and I stay up all night If you just dig deep I know that all you're asking for Is for some extra time Open my soul Make us a hole Give you that piece of mine Let down my guard But it gets hard I'm scared of what you'll find Couldn't we just learn how to trust Put your hands next to mine So, dig a little deeper And find the love I keep to myself Myself I'd show what's underneath here But, I can't do it if you don't help So, help me Help me dig deep Wanna be here for ya When you can't get no sleep You and I, stay up all night If you just dig deep Wanna be here for ya When you can't get no sleep You and I, stay up all night If you just dig deep Dig a little deeper And find the love I keep to myself Myself I'd show what's underneath here But, I can't do it if you don't help So, help me Help me dig deep Wanna be here for ya When you can't get no sleep You and I, stay up all night If you just dig deep Wanna be here for ya When you can't get no sleep You and I, stay up all night If you just dig deep

I was driving down Ninth Avenue As the sky was getting dark Didn't have nothin' else to do So I kept on riding to Battery Park I stepped out in the damp and misty night As the fog was rolling in Man said, "Last boat leaving tonight Is the boat for Ellis Island" As my feet touched solid ground I felt a chill run down my spine I could almost hear the sound Of thousands pushing through the lines Mothers and bewildered wives That sailed across the raging sea Others running for their lives To the land of opportunity Down on Ellis Island "What is this strange paradise?" They must've wondered through their cries and moans After all they've sacrificed Their faith, their families, friends and homes Then on the Inspection Stairs They were counted out or counted in Frozen while the inspectors stared Down on Ellis Island Now me I only stumbled in Just to wander around that empty hall Where someone else's fate had been Decided in no time at all And cases filled with hats and clothes And the belongings of those who journeyed far They're strange reminders I suppose Of where we're from and who we are But as the boat pulled off the shore I could see the fog was lifting And lights I never seen before Were shining down on Ellis Island Shining down on Ellis Island