When I met him on a sidewalk He was preaching to a mailbox Down on 16th Avenue And he told me he was Jesus Sent from Jupiter to free us With a bottle
Do I dare even where what I was thinking of? My true colors bleeding on my sleeve Do I chance the romance that I've been dreaming of Instead of wishing
I'm lookin' at you, lookin' at me Lookin' for love that comes with a guarantee I don't need another friend tryin' to tell me something I don't need somebody
The bright are the stars that shine In somebody else's sky Green is the grass that grows some place different More possibilities More than You offered
We rode into town the other day just me and my daddy He said I'd finally reached that age And I could ride next to him on a horse That of course was not
Pencil marks on a wall, I wasn't always this tall You scattered some monsters from beneath my bed You watched my team win, You watched my team lose You
Did You come that we might just survive? Did You come so we could just get by? And did You walk among us So we might merely limp along beside? I was
Oh, for a heart that does not ache For a backbone that won't break For some steady feet or sturdy ground A road that isn't gonna let me turn around And
Started rubbing sticks together Thought a spark would take forever Ever dreamt this fire would appear Moses saw the Bush in flames And heard the branches
Take me back to the time When I was maybe eight or nine and I believed When Jesus walked on waters blue And if He helped me, I could too if I believed
Send some rain, would You send some rain? 'Cause the earth is dry and needs to drink again And the sun is high and we are sinking in the shade Would
Every evening sky, an invitation To trace the patterned stars And early in July, a celebration For freedom that is ours And I notice you in children'
Bless the day, this restoration is complete Dirty dusty something must be underneath So I scrape and I scuff, though it's never quite enough I'm starting
The gate is wide, the road is paved in moderation The crowd is kind and quick to pull you in Welcome to the middle ground You're safe and sound and Until
We stutter and we stammer 'til You say us A symphony of chaos 'til You play us Phrases on the pages of unknown 'Til You read us into poetry and prose
There are times when faith and common sense do not align When hardcore evidence of You is hard to find And I am silenced in the face of argumentative
To every son and daughter Wayward and long gone The love of a father Will leave the light on I tried to throw you off track A needle in the haystack
It will find you at the bottom of a bottle It will find you at the needle's end It will find you when you beg and steal and borrow It will follow you