Springs

Father how should a man of integrity ought to be Does he wear a smile like a veil Or a sleeve that bleeds his sanity? When he wears a cross over his heart Is it for reverence or vanity? When he visits the chapel at weeks end Is it insurance? Is it prosperity? Show me a man who is worthy to lead this generation Where are the strong? Where are the disciplined? The snakes have lured us with fruit, the rats have told us lies And with their spoons of silk they have served us their bribes Take me to the corners of earth Show me, an honest man Tell me how a man of integrity ought to be "Imprinted in his bones there is honesty His word is a ladder in the lions den If its firm, then by his word he will be saved If it falters, then in the den he stays" He is crooked in little and he's honorable in much He walks on upright, blameless and sincere "Fame and fortune are like mangled rags Greed's a mat where he wipes his feet" The snakes have lured us with their fruit The rats have told us lies Take me to the corners of earth Show me, an honest man "Like a boulder up against the tide He is not moved, he's not displaced His flesh withers but his heart perseveres Compassion flows from him like an endless spring" "Nothing to bring shame, nothing to bring reproach" Oh father instill in me To be a man of integrity Fearless leaders Daring shepherds Men of integrity