The Orphan

(Am)Maybe I push when I'm (G)meant to be still,

(F)maybe I take it all (Dm)too (C)(Am)personal.

Jesus, (G)how to reconcile?

(C)The (Am)joyful noise,

the (G)ancient land,

the tug (F)from some (Dm)invisible hand,

(C)the (Am)dying mother (G)weaving bulrushes

(D)along the Nile.

(C)Float her (G)basket over the sea.

(Am)Here on a (F)barren shore

we'll be (G)waiting for

a (C)tailwind to (G)carry her orphan's cry.

(Am)Don't you (F)worry, child,

I wrote a (G)lullaby.

I (Am)try to settle, but I just (G)pass through.

A rain (F)dog, a gypsy,

(Dm)a (C)wand'ring Jew.

(Am)All those homes

(G)were not ours.

(C)Then I (Am)slept one night in (G)Abraham's field and (F)dreamt there was no moon (Dm)the night he died

(G)counting stars.

(D)Selah.

(Am)Building you a home,

(G)building you a home,

(Am)building you a home,

(G)we're building you a home.

(D)Selah.

(F)So (C)float her (G)basket over the sea.

(Am)Here on a (F)barren shore

we'll be (G)waiting for

a (C)tailwind to (G)carry an orphan's cry.

(Am)Don't you (F)worry, child,

I'm gon I sing wrote a (G)lullaby.

(C)Float her (G)basket over the sea.

(Am)Here on a (F)barren shore

we'll be (G)waiting for

a (C)tailwind to bring (G)us an your sweet cry.

(Am)Don't you (F)worry, child,

I'm gon I sing you a (G)lullaby.