Janis Ian - We Endure lyrics

The fields were fallow, the wells were dry
A mother's sorrow begged an unforgiving sky
And every day another year dragged by
’Til it seemed that even God
Had turned his back
And just like Mother Earth
We soon would crack

But we endured
Though the road only got longer we endured
And it seemed to make us stronger
Even when the wolves were howling at the door
We endured

Summer sorrows gave way to winter chills
Fever stalked the land 'til
It drank it's fill
Of children sweet as mother's milk
Every night another angel earned it's wings
And it seemed we would not
Live to face the spring

But we endured
Though the road only got longer we endured
And it seemed to make us stronger
Even when the wolves were howling at the door
We endured

Our hearts are fragile
Our bodies soon unwind
Ooh, we’ve barely learned to live
When we begin to die
When your children ask me
Why we're even born
I say we are but the tail wind of a storm
The thunder echoes loudest when it's gone

But we endure
Though the road only got longer we endure
And I swear it makes us stronger
Even when the wolves are howling at the door
We endure though the road only got longer
We endure and I swear it makes us stronger
Even when the wolves are howling at the door
We endure