Jubilee Lyrics

by Eden Burning 1993 by Eden Burning
Did I ever see you? Surely I would have known.
But like a new found father you carried me smilingly home
Surely you weren’t the simple boy, I never knew his name.
I never spoke a word to him but his smile will always remain.
CHORUS:
Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
Did I ever neglect you? Surely I would have known.
But like a loving painter you gave my life its tone
Surely you weren’t the wind-brown father on that barren matted hillside
He could only cry as his barefooted children breathe to stay alive.
Scares me even now to think of the Judgment
To picture the sheep and the goats
And know that you’re asked: “When did you ever?”
And I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes
Yes, I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes
I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes.
Yes, I’ll be lost in my dollar bills and notes.
Did I ever clothe you? Surely, I would have known.
But like a self strong brother when you fill my pouch as you flow
Surely you weren’t the poor lost girl who couldn’t find her mother
And in taking her hand my soul was melted from one world to another.
And then I knew.
Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
Jubilee! Good news for the poor, the acceptable year of the Lord.
(Note, I am not certain of the wording in the following lines:
“He could only cry as his barefooted children breathe to stay alive.”
and
“But like a self strong brother when you fill my pouch as you flow.”)