And I’ve come to know the wishlist of my father

I’ve come to know the shipwrecks where he wished

I’ve come to wish aloud, among the overdressed crowd

Come to witness now the sinking of the ship

Throwing pennies from the seatop next to it

And I’ve come to roam the forest past the village

With a dozen lazy horses in my cart

I’ve come here to get high, to do more than just get by

I’ve come to test the timbre of my heart

I ‘ve come to test the timbre of my heart

And I have come to be untroubled in my seeking

And I have come to see that nothing is for naught

I’ve come to reach out blind, to reach forward and behind

For the more I seek, the more I’m sought

The more I seek the more I’m sought

And I’ve come to meet the sheriff and his posse

To offer him the broadside of my jaw

I have come here to get broke and then maybe bum a smoke

We’ll go drinking two towns over after all

We’ll go drinking two towns over after all

I’ve come to meet the legendary takers

I’ve only come to ask them fora lot

They say I’ve come with less than I should rightfully possess

I say the more I buy the more I’m bought

And the more I’m bought the less I cost

And I have come to take their servants and their surplus

And I have come to take their raincoats and their speed

I’ve come to get my fill, to ransack and spill

I’ve come to trade the harvest for the seed

I’ve come to trade the harvest for the seed

And I’ve come to know the manger that you sleep in

I have come to be the stranger that you keep

I’ve come from down the road and my footsteps never slowed

Before we met I knew we’d meet

Before we met I knew we’d meet

And I’ve come here to ignore your cries and heartaches

I’ve come to closely listen to you sing

I’ve come here to insist, that I leave here with a kiss

I’ve come to say exactly what I mean

And I mean so many things

And you’ve come to know me stubborn as a butcher

And you’ve come to know me thankless as a guest

But will you recognize my face when god’s awful grace

Strips me of my jacket and my vest

And reveals all the treasure in my chest