Written by: Ed Cash
Appears on: Long Line of Leavers
Lyrics:
On an open stretch of freeway
Underneath the canvas clouds
The blackness after evening
Swallowed everything around
But just up head on the open horizon
We caught the faintest glow
And as we drew near
it seemed so clear that the dark would have to go
In the center of the city
Comes the illusion of the day
When everything looks pretty
It’s easy to think you’ve found the way
But it’s all just a big masquerade
It was thirty-six months earlier
On that same old lonesome road
And that same old darkness lingered
Just before the lightning show
And the thunder cracked down
And His lightning conquered everything around
That dark had to flee
Now the light of the little town
Was as dark as the night compared to the light
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From the Author: “One night I was driving through Kansas in the midst of a huge thunderstorm. In the distance, I could see the lights of a shining city lighting up a small section of the sky. I was so impressed with the power of the city lights until a bolt of lightening flashed and illuminated the entire sky, allowing me to see everything. I was in awe of God’s creation and the awesome power of the lightning overpowering the city lights.”