Abraham’s Place – Marc D. Beaudin

Come gather round friends of the whole human race
And I’ll tell you the story of Abraham’s place.
A company of nations taken from another one
With pride in our making all hurts come undone.

Oh, the President’s in his office
And the children in school
And like David’s men
We’ve been pushed from pool to pool.

Don’t blame it, don’t you blame it on what one man’s done
We’ve all had time to go wrong, young son.

For the boldness and the courage and the love are still in place
The kindness and the hope for the whole human race
We’ve been given an answer like a fisherman’s line
Launch out in the boat if you want to find.

Oh the cafés are empty and the shortstop’s growin’ old
The truckers aren’t seen with the spies from the cold.
Our food’s growing nasty and the floods are unkind
Launch out in the boat if you wanna find.

For the boldness and the courage and the love are still in place
The kindness and concern for the whole human race
We’ve been given an answer like a fisherman’s line
Launch out in the boat if you want to find.

Oh, maybe we’ve just come a hell of a ways
And it’s easier to see the shortness of the days.
Ma, can’t you remember the old Plymouth Rock
Three hundred years to build this.
For the boldness and the courage and the love are still in place
The kindness and concern for the whole human race
We’ve been given an answer like a fisherman’s line
Launch out in the boat if you want to find.

So now we’ve got problems and hurts not a few
They say the rich are too rich and the poor’s nothing new.
We’ve been given an answer like a fisherman’s line
Launch out in the boat if you wanna find.

Oh, I remember England where kings ruled the way
The ships sailed the sea and the poor worked all day.
Remember what was told the people David won,
Serve God and your King and the hurts come undone.