I was done hoeing
out in the fields for the day.
I was thinking of going,
I had to leave right away.
My life was just fading,
and oh I felt so alone.
The nearest young maiden was,
I fooled things right from home.
Yeah,
oh.
My father was reading
the holy books in his room.
My heart was just bleeding,
I knew I had to go soon.
He smiled and pointed to an old wooden
chair.
I wanted to
hold him,
but then I just wouldn't dare.
I said, Father,
there's so
much to know.
There's a world of things to see, and I'm ready
to go and make a life for myself.
If you give me what is mine,
I will go if I can have your blessing.
If you won't bless my journey,
I'm gonna leave anyway.
Son,
I've always tried my best for you,
and if
you must be leaving home,
then go
with the
blessing of God.
Not too many days later,
I was well on my way.
I met a traveling stranger who seemed to have much to say.
He told me tales of the city and all the women he'd had.
I asked him, wasn't that sinful?
He said, no, it isn't that bad.
And then a few days later,
on an old city road,
we were drowning in laughter,
and we
had women to hold.
And this went on quite a long time.
My father gave me a lot,
but
when my pockets were empty,
my friends all left me to rot.
Then a famine came and drained the land.
Everywhere I looked, I saw starvation,
and a job was so hard to find.
I wandered through the city streets,
competing for the food of common beggars.
Until then, I'd never known hunger,
but now I wasn't too proud.
I finally found some employment,
feeding pigs on a farm.
I wasn't treated too kindly.
I had to sleep in the barn.
I had to eat with a swine.
The bread I ate was like stone.
It didn't take too much time until I was dreaming of home.
Oh, the servants there were better fed.
If I could only have what my father gives them,
I would truly need nothing more.
Oh, I will go and say to him,
I'm no longer
worthy to be in your family.
Will you take me as your servant and let me live with them?
It didn't take too long to pack my things.
I left
with only what I wore.
And I pray
that I still have a home.