We Endure(Janis Ian)The fields were fallow, the wells were dry A mother's sorrow begged an unforgiving skyand every day another year dragged by'til it seemed that even God had turned his backand just like Mother Earth, we soon would crack But we endured Though the road only got longer, we enduredand it seemed to make us stronger Even when the wolves were howling at the door we endured Summer sorrows gave way to winter chills Fever stalked the land 'til it drank its fillof children sweet as mother's milk Every night another angel earned its' wingsand it seemed we would not live to face the spring Chorus Our hearts are fragile Our bodies soon unwind We've barely learned to livewhen we begin to die When your children ask mewhy we're even born I say - we are but the tail wind of a storm The thunder echos loudest when it's gone But we endure Though the road only got longer, we endureand I swear it makes us stronger Even when the wolves are howling at the doorwe endure