River Table Grace

River Table Grace

[Verse 1]

I set two plates on the table

One for me, one for you

Black beans on a white dish

Steam rising through the blue

My hands were rough from workin'

My heart was rougher still

But you sat down so gentle

Like mercy had a will

[Pre-Chorus]

And I heard it in the screen door

I heard it in your name

Something in the dark of me

Started leavin' just the same

[Chorus]

Grace, come sit right here

Grace, stay a little while

(Grace, come sit right here)

You make a hard day light

Grace, come sit right here

Grace, stay a little while

(Stay a little while)

You turn my hurt to hallelujah

[Verse 2]

Mama kept a coffee can

Full of buttons and thread

Daddy kept a Bible

With his prayer marks red

I never had much silver

Just a stubborn little song

But when you sang beside me

I knew where I belonged

[Pre-Chorus]

And the ache that kept me guarded

Started loosening its fist

Like a field after the thunder

Like a child learning this

[Chorus]

Grace, come sit right here

Grace, stay a little while

(Grace, come sit right here)

You make a hard day light

Grace, come sit right here

Grace, stay a little while

(Stay a little while)

You turn my hurt to hallelujah

[Bridge]

If I fall, pull me closer

If I drift, call my name

Wash the dust off my hard eyes

Let me see you again

[Chorus]

Grace, come sit right here

Grace, stay a little while

(Grace, come sit right here)

You make a hard day light

Grace, come sit right here

Grace, stay a little while

(Stay a little while)

You turn my hurt to hallelujah

[Outro]

Yeah, you turn my hurt to hallelujah

(hallelujah)

You turn my hurt to hallelujah