Gospel and Grain

I broke bread upon the plough man's table

Did the good work when I was able

I found my way up when it was hard to stand up

Never gave up when the going got rough

I've slipped on rocks made of flint and bone

Fell into the darkness, all alone

Oh, broken by the highway, living in despair

Never thought I'd find my way back from there

Not proud of all that I have done

Shot poison from the barrel of a smoking gun

Made a recipe of cinder and smoke

I've been caught, caught wearing the devil's cloak

I try to shake my shadow on the daily

But it's a battle, oh, takes me close to crazy

Like a snake trying to shed its skin

Sometimes I wonder if I'll ever win

And you kept me faithful

Oh, you took me by the hand

When I left myself for dying

The sweet summer rain

The gospel and the grain

You are my church, oh

And your love is sanctifying

You are my church, oh

And your love is sanctifying

When I was lost, oh, my father told me, "Son

You won't find God on the run

Into the rocks or the desert or the sea

When the wind stops, truth shall be waiting there for thee"

To find the word of a true apostle

Step into the river and listen to the gospel

All I need is fire and sky

A dusty guitar fashioned from an alibi

'Cause pain, oh, she can be a teacher

Find your courage and you will learn to love her

Every single scar that I've ever known

Gets me little closer, closer to my home

Darkness is simply lack of light

When I was a fighter, I was told to fight

But when I love, I gotta let it go

That's the hardest truth, oh, that I'll ever know

And you kept me faithful

Oh, you took me by the hand

When I left myself for dying

The sweet summer rain

And the gospel and the grain

You are my church, oh