Hymn #101
This morning my friend David shared this song with me. I had not heard of Joe Pug but it looks like this is going to be one of those songs that I end up listening to repeatedly in order to savor its simple beauty. Enjoy!
I’ve come to know the wishlists of my father
I’ve come to know the shipwrecks where he wished.
I’ve come to wish aloud from the overdressed crowd,
I’ve come to witness now the sinking of the ship,
Throwing pennies from the sea top next to it.
I’ve come to roam the forest past the village
With a dozen lazy horses in my cart.
I’ve come here to get high, to do more than just get by
I’ve come to test the timbre of my heart.
And I’ve come to be untroubled in my seeking
And I’ve come to say that nothing is for naught
I’ve come to reach out blind, to reach forward and behind
For the more I seek the more I’m sought.
And I’ve come to meet the sheriff and his posse
to offer him the broadside of my jaw.
I’ve come here to get broke and then maybe bum a smoke
We’ll go drinkin’ two towns over after all.
And I’ve come to meet the legendary takers
I’ve only come to ask them for a lot.
They say I’ve come with less than I should rightfully possess
I say the more I buy the more I’m bought
and the more I’m bought the less I cost
And I’ve come to take their servants and their surplus
And I’ve come to take their raincoats and their speed.
I’ve come to get my fill, to ransack and spill
I’ve come to take the harvest for the seed.
I’ve come to know the manger that you sleep in
I’ve come to be the stranger that you keep
I’ve come from down the road and my footsteps never slowed
Before we met I knew we’d meet.
And I’ve come here to ignore your cries and heartaches
I’ve come to closely listen to you sing.
I’ve come here to insist that I leave here with a kiss
I’ve come to say exactly what I mean
and I mean so many things.
And you’ve come to know me stubborn as a butcher
And you’ve come to know me thankless as a guest
But will you recognize my face when God’s awful grace
Strips me of my jacket and my vest
and reveals all the treasure in my chest?
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