The Wild Justice

Lyrics

[LEADER] Have you fished for a fixed star with the lines of its light? Have you dipped the moon from the sea with the cup of night? Have you caught the rain's bow in a pool and shut it in? Go, hunt the wild justice down to walk with men [ENSEMBLE] Hunt the wild justice down Hunt the wild justice down [LEADER] Have you plotted the high cold course of a heron's flying Or the thought of an old man dying? Or the covered labyrinth of why you love where you love Or, if one love you, why your love is true? Only for a little, then Tease the wild just down to dwеll with men [ENSEMBLE] Tease thе wild justice down Tease the wild justice down [LEADER] When the first sails were set On a small boat among the Cyclades And a stranger's knife was wet With the blood of a king Proclaiming freedom and ease And justice in everything [ENSEMBLE] But not quite yet, not yet [LEADER] And the son of the king, revenging, struck the stranger down And there was rejoicing in the island town And the son of the king reigned over happy slaves 'Til the son of the stranger, revenging, put out over the waves To strike down the son of the king [ENSEMBLE] Were the ends of justice met? Not yet No, not quite yet Not yet [LEADER & ENSEMBLE] When the first judge sat in his place And the murderer held his breath With fear of death in his face Fear of death for death And all that could be said For or against was said And the books were balanced And two, not one, were dead [LEADER] Was justice caught in this net? [ENSEMBLE] Not yet No, not quite yet Not yet [LEADER] No, tug first at the fixed star on the lines of its light Sieve the moon up out of the sea with the black seine of night Snare first the rain's bow in a pool and close it in The wild justice is not found in the haunts of men [ENSEMBLE] The wild justice is not found in the haunts of men