Two Thousand Years

Billy Joel

One of the songs on Billy Joel's new "River of Dreams" ... CD says something important about religion and where people are today. It starts with the same words the Bible starts with, and it goes on to comment on things that really matter even though the world is always changing.

In the beginning
There was the cold and the night
Prophets and angels gave us the fire and the light
Man was triumphant
Armed with the faith and the will
That even the dark ages couldn't kill

Too many kingdoms
Too many flags on the field
So many battles, so many wounds to be healed
Time is relentless
Only true love perseveres
It's been a long time and now I'm with you
After two thousand years