Give me Your eyes

My small group has started a series on poverty and what it encompasses and how the Church should respond. So I've been thinking about poverty a bit.

I was a show on Saturday night at the alma mater featuring a variety of artists, one of whom being a young guy named Brandon Heath. I was able to hang out with Mr. Heath for a bit and he's a really good guy. He's got this song that's been getting a lot of airplay called "Give Me Your Eyes" and I've taken quite a liking to it. I found myself singing the chorus frequently over the past few days. So I thought I would share it with you.

Looked down from a broken sky
Traced out by the city lights
My world from a mile high
Best seat in the house tonight
Touched down on the cold black top
Hold on for the sudden stop
Breathe in the familiar shock
Of confusion and chaos
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

Give me Your eyes for just one second
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Everything that I keep missing
Give me Your love for humanity
Give me Your arms for the broken hearted
Wasn't it far beyond my reach?
Give me Your heart for the one's forgotten
Give me Your eyes so I can see
Yeah Yeah
Yeah Yeah

Step out on a busy street
See a girl and our eyes meet
Does her best to smile at me
To hide whats underneath
Theres a man just to her right
Black suit and a bright red tie
Too ashamed to tell his wife
He's out of work
He's buying time
All those people going somewhere
Why have I never cared?

I've been there a million times
A couple of million eyes
Just moving past me by
I swear I never thought that I was wrong
Well I want a second glance
So give me a second chance
To see the way you see the people all alone
-Brandon Heath