Man of God

It was a borrowed church in a big city Where the immigrants gathered to pray The building was owned by the church district zone In an office a few miles away

Now the district officials were powerful men Men of the Cloth and Command Their profit-driven charts convinced them in their hearts To sell the immigrants' land

But God raised up a hero One solitary man spoke out And laid his reputation down on the line For the ones God cared the most about

'''And the Man of God stands for the poor and for the weak '''The Man of God shouts for those who cannot speak '''The Man of God cries for mercy in our land '''Oh, God we need that kind of man.

It's Monday morning in America And most of us back on the job Working just to live, not much left to give But where's the Man of God?

He's over on the wrong side of the railroad tracks With the families of the poor and unemployed He's passing out food from the local food pantry To the ones most of us try so hard to avoid

'''And the Man of God stands for the poor and for the weak '''The Man of God shouts for those who cannot speak '''The Man of God cries for mercy in our land '''Oh, God we need to be more like that man.

It's quiet now in the worship house Where the Man of God used to preach Words we used to hear still echo in our ears But they're still within our reach

'Cause God's still raising up heroes And sending them out into the land And maybe you and I are the ones God's calling out to now: Every woman, every child, and every man...

'''And the People of God rise up for the poor and for the weak '''The People of God sing out for those who cannot speak '''The People of God cry out for mercy in our land '''The People of God love their enemies as friends '''The People of God run where others will not trod '''And always in the lowly footsteps of the Son of God.

It's a borrowed church in the big city And the immigrants still gather there today They never knew the story of the Man of God who swore he'd Never let their church be stolen away

They never even knew, but now you and I we do And now we can never, ever, ever be the same.