St. Francis and the Future Songtext
von The Innocence Mission

Oh, make the future small
Like the painting we saw of St. Francis
And there was, far away, a background city
We only found it with magnifiers and light
And I do wish the future was like that
Don′t I know it?


Oh, I will not move on
I'll be here on the lawn
In the same coat I have had
Although I ask that I
Could correct every time
Of mistake and every regret
And there′s so much that I haven't yet
Don't I know it?

And in the background of St. Francis
There were rivers
Spires, a long way off
We could not really
See them very well

I want to be beside you
Through all these things
Cannot
I want to keep this future
From such closer measure
Cannot very well