IF YOU PLEASE
KERRY PATRICK CLARK

Call me names, sticks and stone
Remember I’m not alone
When I am pushed hard in this place

Teach and sing, lend a hand
Offer everything I am
Until I see you face to face

Take this cup away from me, if you please

Tiny grove, ancient trees
Holy ground, speak to me
I have come to bear my heart

Tell some friends, kind of scared
Hard for them to be aware
Whispered words call through the dark

Take this cup away from me, if you please

CHORUS
Please remind me, I am not alone
I am the one you have chosen to go
I need strength and wisdom of skin and soul and speech
If you please

Whispers call, quiet night
Held within, little lies
With just enough truth to be believed

Shadows grow, shades of doubt
Going down, familiar route
That’s the way with the deceived

Take this cup away from me, if you please

CHORUS
Please remind me, I am not alone
I am the one you have chosen to go
I need strength and wisdom of skin and soul and speech
If you please

Call me names, sticks and stone
Remember I’m not alone
It’s just a journey not a race