Oh, Ruby Jean, last night I dreamed I was running somewhere beyond the stars,
I called out to you, and you answered softly.
You are the children’s eyes and I’m the days gone by.
Oh Ruby Jean, it doesn’t seem like a long, long time since we were born again
Into the dazzling light, uniting black and white.
You are the rich brown earth and I am the flowers that grow.
We’ll have children of the kingdom. They won’t be torn by war,
Nor will they kill or hate or hesitate to love justice.
Oh, Billie Lee, it’s destiny that we meet again here on this earthly plain,
I’ll see all the world with you but you’ll have to help me through
You are the straight and narrow path and I’m the wayfarer.
Oh Billie Lee, we shall be free in the years to come to help build the promised land.
We’ll go where the day springs run forever and live as one.
He is the object of our longing and we’re his creation.
We’ll have children of the kingdom. They won’t be torn by war,
Nor will they kill or hate or hesitate to love.
1973 – James Seals and Dash Crofts – Album: Diamond Girl