Come Empty Handed, Leave Full
Come empty handed leave full
hook: He wanted to teach me
he wanted to preach to me
he wanted to make me a whole
try to hand me the good book
of things that i didn't know
said the word would heal me
hook: He wanted to teach me
he wanted to preach to me
he wanted to make me a whole
he said now in your head
you may think you have find all the answers
but, see here,
my God is almighty and his word is profound
now i know you don't want to hear me
now i know you don't see my halo
but look closer and you may see the light
and one hand stretched out
and he bent over and looked up and said with a shout
Well! lord make her see
ole, lord let her hear
and i heard someone shout
come by hear OLE LORD-Y
and the reverend say
don't stop her, let her BE MOVED,
CAN'T YOU SEE, my God has set her feet
and someone else sang out and she began to dance
and she leaned down as to
get on her knees and she stood up again
through out her hands, lifted up her head
and shouted, in words of rejoicing
they where words only the lord could understand
and still my heart pumped the same beat
and I could not be moved
and with a room, full of joyfullest prayers
i wanted to be moved
so i closed my eyes
and I clapped my hands
and i moved my feet
and prayed as hard as i could
and still i could not be moved
its was only a time after
that i understood the mean, of each and everyone's own joy
you may come with a empty bowl
but surly you will leave with a little of what you need...
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