To Know Your Mission Lyrics - Jens Lekman

A Mormon missionary walks through Vasa lane 

Through a clear-as-crystal Gothenburg morning 

Removing his suit jacket, loosening his tie 

Wiping the sweat from his neck and the sleep from his eyes 

It's 1997, the last morning of August 

At the corner of 7-Eleven he hears the broadcast 

Another saint is lost, Lady Di's returned to stardust 

He listens to the tragic news, followed by the Top 10 tunes 

All, all 

We have left 

All, all 

We have left 

All, all 

We have left 

All, all 

We have left 

Will Smith, Puff Daddy, Gala, Chumbawamba 

On the other side of the street he passes Café Java 

Where no listens to that crap 

Oh, coffee and hair dyed raven black 

All so sure of everything except one question 

What's our mission? 

What are we here for? 

Who are we serving? 

What can we do? 

What's our mission? 

What are we here for? 

Who are we serving? 

What can we do? 

He bumps into a teenage boy leaning 'gainst the fence 

Who takes his headphones off and introduces himself as Jens 

Riffling through the Book of Mormon, says it's way too early in the morning 

Instead of talking about religion can we just talk about how it feels 

To know your mission 

To know what you're here for 

To know who you're serving 

To know what to do 

To know your mission 

To know what you're here for 

To know who you're serving 

To know what to do 

To have a dream 

A GPS in your heart 

A path to follow 

Through the dark 

Well, Jens says I write songs sometimes 

But they're kinda bad 

So if that doesn't work out 

I want to be a social worker just like my dad 

I just want to listen to people's stories 

Hear what they have to say 

My friends say, "Just be a shrink then" 

"But I don't know. I don't think I'll have the grades." 

But in a world of mouths 

I want to be an ear 

If there's a purpose to all this 

Then that's why God put me here 

I know what I'm here for 

I know who I'm serving 

I'm serving you 

I'm serving you 

All, all 

We have left 

All, all 

We have left 

All, all 

We have left 

All, all