Hymn #101

I've come to know the wishlist of my father I've come to know the shipwrecks where he wished I've come to wish aloud Among the over-dressed crowd Come to witness now the sinkin' of the ship Throwin' pennies from the sea top next to it And I've come to roam the forest past the village With a dozen lazy horses and 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 Yeah, I've come to test the timber of my heart And I've come to be untroubled in my seeking I've come to see 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 Yes, 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 Oh, we'll go drinkin' two towns over after all And I've come to meet the legendary takers And I've only come to ask them for a lot Oh, they say I 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 trade the harvest for the seed Yeah, I've come to trade the harvest for the seed, hey And 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 Yes, before we met, I knew we'd meet And I've come here to ignore your cries and heartaches And 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 You've come to know me thankless as a guest So will you recognize my face When God's awful grace It strips me of my jacket and my vest And reveals all the treasure in my chest