Pam Tillis - Milk And Honey lyrics

As the fireflies buzzed around him Like so many dancing stars God told all the angels From Jupiter to Mars There's a basket in the river Bearing something dear to me Embarking on a journey To fulfill his destiny A pretty maiden on the banks Stood with open arms God put it in her heart To keep that baby safe from harm She said "don't matter where you come from Now you belong to me" She was wise enough to know It was simply meant to be God was there when the firefly lied At the angel's side And the maiden's heart As she played her part As she scooped him up Headed into town That's the way it all went down On the way to Holy Ground Milk and honey bound One night that little prince was tossed Into a stormy prophet's dream And it took a while for him to understand What he had seen When that boy became a man Those dreams they did transpire He wandered into the desert Where he talked to a bush of fire And a voice said "I'll be there, I'll be there I'll be there with you Deliver my people out of Pharaoh's chains And I will see you through" God was there in the prophet's dream And the sparkled stream That flowed from the rock In the burning bush On the mountain top All across that desert sand Fingerprints of the master's hand He cried out "Pharaoh I'm headin' back to town" That's the way it all went down Milk and honey bound Yeah, I've come to lead my people out Milk and honey bound I've come to lead my people out I've come to lead my people out Milk and honey Milk and honey