The Least of These

We’ll I saw him at the quick e mart and he was hungry and lean

Although i didn’t ask him to he washed my windows clean

Then he leaned in close smellin’ like old whiskey

He asked me for some money, I said I just got plastic

Then i walked away like i do

I said he’ll just drink it up and that’s prob’ly true

And although I could’ve bought him dinner and told him i too am a sinner

I just went away like i do

What you done to the least of these you done to me

What you done to the least of these is the measure by which you’re free

What you done to the least of these that’s just what you done to me

And one day every eye is gonna see

Well when i went to school long ago

There was a kid who pulled things out of his nose

And he’d put ‘em in his mouth and rub his fingers on his clothes

Our teacher was timid and she had a stutter

And we all agreed she might be his mother

The way she washed his hands and blew his nose

And we picked at him, how devils do

But she reached for him like you ought to

And although she never bought me dinner she convinced me I’m a sinner

In that quiet gentle way God’s people do

What you done to the least of these so you done to me

As you done to the least of these is the measure by which you’re free

What you done to the least of these is just what you done to me

And very soon every eye will see

Well I see my neighbor there across the way

She’s got a bad hip and she’s eighty eight

And her hands are trembling as she gets her mail

Now I’m thinking i might cut her lawn

It’s getting to the point of being too far gone

Maybe I’ll just go over and ask her if she’ll let me

This time i wont walk away like i sometimes do

Yeah no more walk away from what I ought to

She might even make me dinner

Put some food in this old sinner