Written by Gretchen Peters/Tom Russell
Intro: G C/G G C/G G C/G G Saint Francis walking on the water C/G G D All his lambs have gone to slaughter C And all the creatures who receive his grace G D G You can see them all in his haggard face C/G G Saint Francis begging at your doorway C/G G D You want to let him in, but what will the neighbours say C And you know you can't go on, but you can't give up G D G And he answers you with his begging cup C/G G Saint Francis sitting at your table C/G G D A cup of tea among the faithful C Behind a wall that's made of little lies G D G D Much to your surprise, you start to cry Bridge: C And by these wounds you will be whole again G D By these signs you will know C Em You'll feel a stirring in your soul again F G 'Til sweet amnesia takes a hold C/G G Saint Francis sleeping in the meadow C/G G D His halo is a raven's shadow C He's been sleeping for eight hundred years G D In a potter's field full of sparrow's tears C And while we sleep and dream of heaven's gates G D G Down here on earth the old man waits