Brother Francis Lyrics

I don't know if a vow of poverty

Would come and be the death of me

I don't know

I don't know if I lack in trust and faith

Or if it's wisdom that I stay

I don't know

Jesus are you embellishing

To make a point?

Or are your words for a select few?

If I hold my possessions loosely

Can I keep them close

Or is this the narrow road I'm called to?

And they say

Save up your treasure

You never know

When something might go wrong

But he says

Store up your treasure

Keep it deep in heaven

Where it belongs

I don't know if a tunic is enough

To get me by when times get rough

I don't know

I don't know if a sword can make it right

Transgression often has a price

I don't know

Jesus did you ever

Have a time of want?

Did you store all your coins in fishes?

Can you trust me with what

The wealthy women gave you?

Would I be Judas with your riches?

And they say

Save up your treasure

You never know

When something might go wrong

But he says

Store up your treasure

Keep it deep in heaven

Where it belongs

Brother Francis

You've betrayed us

You showed that it's possible

Brother Francis

Why'd you listen?

You made it less implausible

But if his eye is on the sparrow

And even grass gets his attention

Then surely he will see me

Surely I'm not alone

And if my savior had no place to lay

His head even on his birthday

Then maybe dens and nests

Are overrated for a home

And if he counts the hairs upon my head

If he's really that meticulous

Then maybe I can trust that

He won't leave me on my own

For the God who brought himself below

A refugee our cornerstone

A homeless man to call our own

A criminal pierced through the bone

What wisdom calls me down this road

To places still unknown

And they say

Save up your treasure

You never know

When something might go wrong

But he says

Store up your treasure

Keep it deep in heaven

Where it belongs