Refrain:
It’s been a long and cold December kind of day,
with our hearts and hands all busy in our private little wars.
We stand and watch each other now from separate shores;
we lose the way. I need to know today the way things should be in my head;
I need to know for once now the things that should be said.
I’ve got to learn to walk around as if I were not dead;
I’ve got to find a way to learn to live.
(Refrain)
I still get so distracted by the color of my skin;
I still get so upset now when I find that I don’t win.
I meet so many strangers; I’m so slow to take them in
I’ve got to find a way to really live.
(Refrain)
I stand so safe and sterile as I watch someone fall flat;
I’m silent with a person who’d like toknow just where I’m at.
With the aged and the lonely I can barely tip my hat;
I need to see the sin in “I don’t care.”
(Refrain)
I stand so smug and sure before the people I’ve out-guessed;
to let them all be who they are I still see as a test.
And when it all comes down to “must,” I’m sure my way is best.
I’ve got to find what “room” means in my heart.
(Refrain)
I walk and fall, myself alone, can’t tolerate a guide.
And when the camps split up I’m sure to put you on my side
and dare someone to challenge me and swear I will not hide.
I’ve got to find a better way to live.
(Refrain)
I mouth so many things, take so little time to weigh;
I’ve let it all slip by in the sweep of yesterday.
I can’t believe you mean it all to grace me on my way;
I’ve got to find a way to really live.
Lord, teach us to pray.
We still believe that we can find a better way.
Teach us to pray.
We lose the way.
Teach us to pray.
~Joseph Wise
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