Vocals and instrumentals by Phalini devi dasi
When the chips are down
And you’re wearin’ a frown
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When the goin’ gets tough
And you’ve had enough
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When so-called fun
ain’t so fun anymore
The body aches
like it never ached before
Find the panacea you’ve been lookin’
for
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
Mundane pleasure’s a joke
You’ve given up hope
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When you just can’t cope
You’re at the end of your rope
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When life gets depressing
not a friend in sight
When the thought of comin’ back here
fills your mind with fright
When the tunnel has no end,
what to speak of a light
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When Maya’s pressin’ hard
And you let down your guard
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When your rounds get slack
And you’re feelin’ the lack
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When your sadhana’s slippin’
and startin’ to slide
Your devotional creeper
starts to wilt inside
When the grass starts lookin’ greener
on Maya’s side
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When you try to do your best
But it comes out a mess
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
Whether you’re depressed
Or crazy or stressed
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When the threefold miseries
Relentlessly disturb
Your efforts to be comfortable
prove absurd
When life is like old subji
with no more curd
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
(Maha-mantra)
When Maya tries to lure
your mind and senses astray
When cuttin’ down on japa
starts to seem okay
When the taste for the holy name
has drifted away
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When you’re suffering in
this temporary place
You look in the mirror
and see a morose face
Pick up your beads
get a higher taste
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
When the clouds in your sky
are hangin’ low and gray
Rise before Surya
starts to show his rays
Get up before dawn
before the start of the day
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
Hare Krsna
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
Hare Krsna
Take shelter of Krsna’s name
Krsna Krsna…
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