The Prophet - The Temptations

A man cried

«Where do we look?

Where do we search?

How do we find it?»

A woman cried love

«My body needs love, my soul needs love, how do I find it?»

We all need love, gotta have love

Prophet!

Prophet!

He said that love will call to you

So follow him, though it’s hard to do

Believe, believe!

We gotta believe!

Within your heart is the secret of life

With joy and sorrow, pleasure and strife

Love is all of these things

I dream of the prophet man from a far distant land

Ali!

A priestess said, «Tell us a prayer!»

A lawyer said, «Is law fair?»

Astronomers cried of galaxies and time

A poet said, «Is there duty to find?»

Speak of God, speak of reason

Speak about death, speak about freedom

Gotta have truth, gotta have wisdom

Give us your word to give to our children

I dream of the prophet man from a far distant land

Ali!

The clock struck twelve on the church odd wall

Their voices beckoned to the prophet’s call

You give up yourself when you truly give

Possessions shouldn’t rule the life you live

Work with love and love your work

And idle man is a stranger on earth

Blame yourself for wrong deeds done

The innocent can be the guilty ones

Freedom disguises itself in chains

Happiness sometimes hides in pain

Children are made and are born to you

But they’re not slaves that belong to you

God doesn’t listen to the words you pray

He hears what your heart has got to say

I dream of the prophet man from a far distant land

Ali!

I dream of the prophet man from a far distant land