Stfrancis Lyrics - History From Below - Delta Spirit

(Verse) 

They're all throwing stones at the back of my home 

kicking the dirt in the air 

Well I left to think while they're thinking I'm stoned 

Well I had no cause to be there 

And out of this town while I had something left 

bury the fear in my head 

Well it's all just the same cause the city's just as bare 

It's full of people like me 

(Chorus) 

We've all run away 

Everyone wants but nobody needs 

Silver and gold 

Well everyone wants, but nobody needs 

[Interlude similar to verse] 

Well I ran to the woods and I preached to the birds 

St. Francis talking to me 

Well they said I'd find love in a pain I'd endure 

If I would just listen to him 

With my ear to the ground and my heart full of lead 

Well I quietly listened to him teach 

But with tears in his eyes, he just looked straight through me 

I awkwardly waited for speech 

We've all run away 

Everyone wants but nobody needs 

Silver and gold 

Everyone wants, but nobody needs 

[Interlude w/ changed piano part] 

Once I was sure that this love was the truth 

Well I quickly spit in his face 

I returned to my home, friends and I, we threw stones 

Bragging that we knew the way 

[hummed chorus 1x until the end]