Roches - Francis lyrics

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(Song of gratitude to St. Francis of Assisi)<br />

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My patron saint's a man who went<br />

From town to town and paid no rent<br />

The things he owned besides his soul<br />

Were shoes a gown and a begging bowl.<br />

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What struck me first when I was young<br />

Was how he never got bit or stung<br />

Though bears and snakes he did befriend<br />

Real bears and snakes not just pretend.<br />

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I knew this wasn't easy stuff<br />

Because I tried it myself enough<br />

But bears and snakes they ran from me<br />

Though dogs and cats came willingly.<br />

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Deep within the wooded calm<br />

He sang a song a simple psalm<br />

"Make me an instrument of thy peace<br />

Let love be sown and hatred cease".<br />

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Now me I live beyond my means<br />

In the city of lost and broken dreams<br />

With too many pairs of shoes<br />

That take me round and round the blues.<br />

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And the price of things is never low<br />

Or else it isn't worth the go<br />

And taking time turns out to give<br />

The time it takes to really live.<br />

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You may not know who you are<br />

Until you get hit by a star<br />

Like I did and lived to say<br />

It happened on my saint's feast day.<br />

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So I'm still here where I belong<br />

And many years have come and gone<br />

Since that dance, since that kiss, Francis