The sun was going down
Over echo park
Wet raven hair
Glowing in the dark
And that's when the fever would rise
And lord what a look in her eyes
From the moment that she blows out the light
We'd be lost in the forever night

Chorus:
Hold back the dawn
Hold back the dawn
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn

I dreamt if I could lay you upon this
Bed of straw
We may break the rules but we don't
Break the law
Come across but the river's too wide
Come across but the river's too high
Over by the fountain where we meet
I will lay silver roses at your feet

Chorus

Now I have seen a painting
Old and hanging in a frame
And that painting was of you
Now how can you explain
From another place in time
Done many years ago
Why I'm haunted by this vision
Guess we'll never know
Then she turned and whispered in my ear
Can you feel my heart beat

Chorus

Won't you raise
Won't you raise up
Won't you raise up your hand
And hold back the dawn

Chorus

• Ain't No More Cane
• Akua Tuta
• American Roulette
• Ancestor Song
• Apple Suckling Tree
• Back to Memphis
• Beautiful Thing
• Between Trains
• Blaze of Glory
• Blue River
• Brainwash
• Breakin The Rules
• Broken Arrow
• Carry Me
• Change is Good
• Cherokee Morning Song
• Clothes Line Saga
• Crash on The Levee[Down in The Flood]
• Davy's on The Road Again
• Day of Reckoning
• Don't Ya Tell Henry
• Driftin' Away
• Evangeline
• Fallen Angel
• Forever Young
• Ghost Dance
• Gimme a Stone
• Go Back to Your Woods
• Goin' to Acapulco
• Golden Feather
• Hang up My Rock'n Roll Shoes
• Havana Moon
• He Don't Love You
• Hell's Half Acre
• Hold Back The Dawn
• In The Blood
• It is a Good Day to Die
• Java Blues
• Leave Me Alone
• Lo & Behold
• Mahk Jchi
• Making a Noise
• Million Dollar Bash
• New Mexicoe
• Night Parade
• Nothing Was Delivered
• Odds & Ends
• Once Upon a Time
• One Too Many Mornings
• Open The Door, Homer
• Out of The Blue
• Rain Down Tears
• Rattlebone
• Resurrection
• Rick
• Ruben Remus
• Sacrifice
• Shake It
• Shake This Town
• Showdown at Big Sky
• Sign of The Rainbow
• Sip The Wine
• Skinwalker
• Small Town Talk
• Soap Box Preacher
• Somewhere Down The Crazy River
• Sonny Got Caught in The Moonlight
• Stomp Dance
• Sweet Fire of Love
• Sweet Romance
• Take Your Partner by The Hand
• Testimony
• That's My Home
• The Code of Handsome Lake
• The Last Waltz
• The Last Waltz Refrain
• The Lights
• The Sound is Fading
• The Stones I Throw
• The Well
• Tiny Montgomery
• Tired of Waiting
• Tombstone
• Too Much of Nothing
• Tough Mama
• Twisted Hair
• Unbound
• What a Town
• What About Now
• Words of Fire, Deeds of Blood
• Yea! Heavy & a Bottle of Bread
• You Ain't Goin' Nowhere