Lyrics

Deacon’s Journey

(Music - M. Novak, Lyrics - M. Novak, C. Webster)

Deacon’s eyes open to another day of the same, Is Deacon to blame?
Same old friends, same old drugs, same old hood is that good?
No jobs or prospects it’s time for a change that’s not deranged.
Uncle Sam is the only choice for Deacon to find his own voice.

His journey begins with open eyes breaking the old binding ties
New places and people new life to learn is he ready for the term
Changes and tasks come everyday Deacon has no time to play
The new Deacon no longer known in the hood Is that good?

CHORUS:

Deacon’s journey is a lesson for all
If you see yourself in him answer the call
On Deacon’s Journey you could possibly fall
Don’t let that stop you, give it your all
Failures will happen but don’t withdraw
Deacon’s journey is a lesson for all


Deacon’s travels take him far and wide his old ideas have to hide
Other lives he sees along the way in him they will always stay
Life’s colors are many and bright not just his old black and white
His mind now open to making friends their different views he will defend

Looking back on the sites burned in his eyes now the old home is too small a size
The beauty of nature now out there for him, Deacon now knows that he can swim
Changes complete, Deacon’s memory of the hood no longer understood
The road to the old home is no longer him Deacon found that home is within