They tell me miracles abound now more than ever But I don't care They say, it's better to be blessed than it is to be clever But I don't care Girl, I got ten miles to go on a nine mile road It's a rocky rough road, but I don't care For life's nothing if not a blind rambling prayer You keep your head held high, walkin' and talkin' 'Til the power of love deliver you there The power of love deliver you there The power of love deliver you there The power of love deliver you, you You don't get nothing for free, 'less of course you steal it Atleast that's what the people say The sad irony of love is how so seldom you feel it Yet, it's all you dream about, night and day From the splinter in the hand To the thorn in the heart, to the shotgun to the head You got no choice but to learn to glean solace from pain Or you'll end up cynical or dead Me, I got ten miles to go on a nine mile road And it's a rocky rough road, but I don't care For life's nothing if not a blind rambling prayer You keep your head held high Walkin' and talkin' and talkin' and walkin' 'Til the power of love deliver you there (Power of love) The power of love deliver you there (Power of love) The power of love deliver you there (Power of love) The power of love deliver you, there (Power of love) Sometimes you throw yourself into the sea of faith And the sharks of doubt come and they devour you Other times you throw yourself into the sea of faith Only find the treasure lost in the shipwreck inside of you There ain't no guarantees, none of that nonsense like on TV Just gotta roll the dice, and take your lumps You're gonna get yourself knocked down So better learn to stand back up for those who dwell on disaster Let sorrow be their master Me, I got ten miles to go on a nine mile road It's a rocky rough road, but I don't care 'Cause life's nothing if not a blind rambling prayer You keep your head held high, walkin' and talkin" 'Til the power of love deliver you there (Power of love) The power of love deliver you there (Power of love) The power of love deliver you there (Power of love) The power of love deliver you there (Power of love) My buddy Phillip works as a gas station attendant Strangers call his name to him a thousand times a day They don't know him, they're just asking Phillip for a fill-up Funny, how fate plays tricks on us, that way The power of love The power of the power of love (Power of love) The power of the power of love (Power of love) The power of the power of love (Power of love) ...