If you’re looking for a miracle
Peter Mayer's song “Holy Now” just came up on iTunes, the Kallet/Epstein/Cicone rendition. Lovely song. The words, of course, don't work nearly as well without the music, but here's an excerpt (and you can listen to an extended clip from Mayer's version on his website):
[...]
And I remember feeling sad
That miracles don't happen still
But now I can't keep track
’Cause everything's a miracle.
Wine from water is not so small
But an even better magic trick
Is that anything is here at all
So the challenging thing becomes
Not to look for miracles
But finding where there isn't one
[...]
Read a questioning child's face
And say it's not a testament
That'd be very hard to say
See another new morning come
And say it's not a sacrament
I tell you that it can't be done
That last bit reminds me of my favorite bit of the Nylons' version of “This Island Earth”:
If you're looking for a miracle, open your eyes:
There was one this morning just about sunrise;
Dawn came breaking like a wave on the sea,
And it's there for you and me.