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A spider spins the lines from leaf to ladder
A trellis spans the canyon to Kathmandu
A transatlantic cable carries transatlantic chatter
And there are lines that run from me to you
A circumstantial glance from passing strangers
Both exchanging sadnesses of souls
Time will take the travelers
So they may not remember
But there are lines that hold them even so
Lines that run from vine to branches
Lines that carry love's advances
For those who try
To find their place in time
There are lines ... lines
How the strong and mighty take their places
Following the politics of war
Eliminate the enemy
And never see their faces
There are lines that maybe we ignore
Lines that run from vine to branches
Lines that carry love's advances
For those who try
To find their place in time
There are lines ... lines
Now and then I hear my grandma's laughter
From the cloud of witnesses above
And every generation from Abraham thereafter
Makes the lines that lead us back to love
Lines that run from vine to branches
Lines that carry love's advances
For those who try
To find their place in time
And for those who long
To know that they belong
For those who pray
And those who up and walk away
There are lines ... lines