Wayfarer's Heart

i got a wayfarer's heart

and a wayfarer's soul

ever since i was young

even more now that i'm old

 

i love this old world

with its greens and its blues

and the people i care for

as i wear out these shoes

 

i got a wayfarer's heart

and a wayfarer's soul

ever since i was young

even more now that i'm old

 

i sing as i go

can you sing it with me?

we are wayfarers all

until we're home we will sing

 

in the stillness of summer

in the wind swept bright spring

in the doldrums of winter

and with autumn's color change 

 

i got a wayfarer's heart

and a wayfarer's soul

ever since i was young

and more now that i'm old

 

i sing as i go

can you sing it with me?

we are wayfarers all

until we're home we will sing

 

we gotta sing when we're worried

we gotta sing when we're sad

a song spites the dang devil

and makes God's good heart glad

 

we gotta sing when we're dying

on our last leg at the end

when the world's turned against us

as we struggle with our sin

 

i got a wayfarer's heart

and a wayfarer's soul

ever since i was young

and more now that i'm old

 

i sing as i go

can you sing it with me?

we are wayfarers all

until we're home we will sing

 

wkm

inspired by St. Gus