at the table
Written: 1998 | Listen/Download:
Tab: G, open
there’s enough for everyone,
for the old and for the young
at the table, at the table
though you’re poor and cannot pay
you will not be turned away
from the table, from the tablefill me, I’ve been empty for so long,
fill me, I’ve been empty for so long…
are you lost in your despair?
you will find no judgment there
at the table, at the table
cry out on a city street
call the people that you see
to the table, to the tablefill me, I’ve been empty for so long,
fill me, I’ve been empty for so long…
we long for justice in this world,
for a place where all are heard
like a table, like a table
for your daughters and your sons
there’s enough for everyone,
at the table, at the tablefill me, I’ve been empty for so long,
fill me, I’ve been empty for so long…
4 Comments
Hey Brad,
Good to see a new CD and great to see ‘At the Table’ on it! My fav for many years. We’re still in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, coming home to NA in July. Maybe we’ll see you sometime after.
Doug, Wanda and family
Brad, my favorite as well ever since you sang this song maybe 7-8 years ago or more at a Wert reunion in DE! The first song I had heard you sing, and now I am a fan!
thanks so much, Jonathan & Doug! It’s my parents’ favorite song, too. :]
It’s the last song on the new CD, serving as a kind of “closing benediction.” I do remember singing that at the Wert reunion some years ago.
Hey,
Got here by a facebook link through Luke Lindon.
I haven’t heard your song yet but I like the words here. Interesting change in perspective on the refrain/chorus (“fill me, I’ve been empty for so long”)
Why the change from inviting people to the table to the more prayer-like repeating part?
Will check out your myspace now!