Father Gave Me Today

Verse 1

Yesterday now gone

Out of my mind

I believed in yesterday

Had an easy life, or so I recall

Dreams filled

With brine, with tears

Emotional then

Now, today

Not such a good day

grey sky

Fog there, a drifting sheet

Makes harder for drivers

I don't need the wheel to guide

Stay home

Boxing day

A little life to live

That I'm living, every day

Chorus

Father gave me this day

A whisper from long ago

With holy hands shaping clay

Father gave me today

New clothes to wear

Button by button, stitched with care, at the second hand store

I love second hand clothes

They speak of stories before

Post-Chorus

Simple life I hold

Thankful in my soul

Simple life I hold

Thankful in my soul

Verse 2

Not rich, money comes slow

Who cares if it's thin?

Very little to live on

But the little is mine

My friends, they're here

I'm glad they do care

We gather, poor like me

Rich in ways no one can see

All of us, praying quietly

Thanking God, gently

At night before bed

Just a few hours away

Now it's late

go to sleep

Stars out, hidden by haze

Now is time for all of us

Close eyes, drift away

Because it's getting late

Chorus

Father gave me this day

A whisper from long ago

With holy hands shaping clay

Father gave me today

New clothes to wear

Button by button, stitched with care, from the second hand store

I love second hand clothes

They speak of stories before

Post-Chorus

Simple life I hold

Thankful in my soul

Simple life I hold

Thankful in my soul

Bridge

Tomorrow breaks

Another sun, another hour

Back to work, for my God

Poems in hand, I will start

Writing for the one

Who gave me this heart

Chorus

Father gave me this day

A whisper from long ago

With holy hands shaping clay

Father gave me today

New clothes to wear

Button by button, stitched with care, from the second hand store

I love second hand clothes

They speak of stories before

Outro

Simple life I hold

Thankful in my soul

Simple life I hold

Thankful in my soul

Go to sleep