One Man Mormon Blues Band: Music

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I Nephi 5:1-2 ". . . our Father . . . was filled with joy, and also my Mother, Sariah, was exceedingly glad, for she truly had mourned because of us. For she had supposed that we had perished in the wilderness; and she also had complained against my Father . . . ."

If I had endangered my wife's children, complaining would have been far too mild of a word to describe my wife's reaction towards me. I tried to imagine what Lehi would feel like when his wife was mad at him, and worried.

I believe that men experience relationships very differently than women. Every man wants his woman to look to him and trust him. To man, the woman is almost mystical and his relationship with her touches every part of his life. I tried to imagine what I would feel in Lehis situation.

You walked to the dunes and looked at the sky
The horizon was empty no motion or form
I came up behind you and heard your great sigh
Worry and grief your face has transformed
Sariah please don't be so low
I wouldn't have come but God told me to go
Sariah please I know you're afraid
Please trust the Lord and the decisions I've made

I watch for you the way you watch for them
Mystical woman in a home spun dress
God found you for me in Jerusalem
I found God in you and your tender caress
Sariah I will never forget
How you looked then and how we met
Sariah so hard to define
Entangled in me like a rose with a vine

What brought me to you I still don't understand
Mysterious woman in a desert storm
You were there in the night a shadow on the sand
And even the cold moon to the touch felt warm
Sariah Looks like I've made a mess
It's hard to explain my faith I confess
Sariah I've tried to save your sons
By taking them out of Jerusalem

I can see them all playing under your watchful care
You'd gather the children and teach them with love
Your presence your body and beautiful hair
And the sound in the garden of two turtle doves
Sariah I'm a visionary man
And you are how the visions began
Sariah mystery of life
My vision of my eternal wife