Conversing with a sweet old man
Kicking around the proof
I said to him in arrogance
"Desire Understanding, Seek Truth"
He smiled a knowing smile at me
Showing his blackened tooth
He said to me in sage wisdom
"Desire Understanding, Seek THE Truth...
FIRST CHORUS
...Somehow you know dust you are
And to dust you shall return
So you want to sin every chance you can get
But all the things you sense
All the things you experience
Provide more evidence of Him
Who's pleaded with you heretofore
In your heart you know there is something more."
I scratched my head a second
As I thought about his words
I thought about Jim, Jack, Jose
And all those pretty girls
"Desire
Understanding,
Seek
Truth"
(that's what I said to him)
He closed his mouth and opened
A well-worn Book he carried 'round
He showed me verse and verse and verse
Then in a nutshell what he'd found
"Desire
Understanding,
Seek
the
Truth...,"
then he said more to me,
SECOND CHORUS
"...and God said, 'Dust you are
And to dust you shall return,'
Because we can't just obey God's commands
But our God above
He is the God of love
He sent His one and only Son
To pay the price we can't afford
So now, we're not just dust anymore."
(solo)
SECOND CHORUS