Brand New Town

I once met a saint who sold empanadas

On the corner of 72 and Caracas

In the shadow of the outstretched arms of St. Francis

He made people feel like they matter

Sometimes I don’t know if I matter to anyone

That’s when I run to where he’ll sing me this song

When all your dreams are a city in shambles

And your are tricks all worn out

Lay your burdens down, walk out in a field

Say, “I’m a brand new town”

I’ve tried my whole life to prove my great wisdom

And to win all the world’s affections

Now all I’ve got to show is a fight I lost with my baby

And some stone soup to make us in the evening

Sometimes I don’t know what I was born in this world for

That’s when I run to the one who knows me more

When all your dreams are a city in shambles

And your are tricks all worn out

Lay your burdens down, walk out in a field

Say, “I’m a brand new town”

It was only when I came to this temple of the spirit

Filled up with hungry bodies

They gave me bread and wine and said, “No need to repay us

This life is a gift we could never possess”

And now I know that everything I have is worth nothing

I’ll sell it all to buy the field where you found me

Now all my dreams are a city in shambles

And my tricks are all worn out

It’s time to lay it all down, walk out in a field

Say, “I’m a brand new town”

So lay your burdens down, walk out in a field

Say, “I’m a brand new town”

It’s time to lay it all down, walk out in a field

Because you are a brand new town