Quiet Early Morning

Don't you know it's darkest before the dawn

And this thought keeps me moving on

If we could heed these early warnings

The time is now, quiet early morning



Some say that human kind won't long endure

But what makes them of so sure

I know that you who hear my singing

Can make those freedom bells go on ringing



And so we keep on while we live

Until we have no more to give

And when our fingers can strum no longer

Hand the old banjo to the young ones stronger



So though it's darkest before the dawn

These thoughts keep us moving on

Through all this world of joy and sorrow

We still can have singing tomorrows