Walk Humbly

INTRO VERSE 1 I have walked the ridge where my father walked And the cobbles of a further town I have carried names I could not say And I have laid some burdens down There's a truth that will not bend to tribe And a face I must not turn away PRE-CHORUS So teach me now, before the day is done — CHORUS To do justice, to love kindness, To walk humbly with my God Ten old words for a fractured age, Ten small steps on a stony road To do justice, to love kindness, To walk humbly with my God VERSE 2 Let power serve and not devour Let my hands make more than they use Let my speech be plain and my mind be free From the lies I would rather choose Let the tools I hold not hollow me out Let the weak find shelter in what I do PRE-CHORUS So teach me now, before the day is done — CHORUS To do justice, to love kindness, To walk humbly with my God Ten old words for a fractured age, Ten small steps on a stony road To do justice, to love kindness, To walk humbly with my God BRIDGE (quiet, solo voice, guitar only) Bonhoeffer at the prison door Corrie at the hidden stair A grocer takes the poster down — And the room is different air Wilberforce at his hundredth vote Tutu at the table's edge The saints we cannot yet become Have walked the road we pledge CHORUS — FULL To do justice, to love kindness, To walk humbly with my God Ten old words for a fractured age, Ten small steps on a stony road To do justice, to love kindness, To walk humbly with my God OUTRO (strip back to voice and single guitar; final line unaccompanied) A breath in cold air. A morning. A few decades. Go and live them well.