Truth Be Told

[couchgrouch]

Truth Be ToldWay down on skid row, he preached from his cratehoping that the Gospel, would set the crooked straightthere were crowds of lost souls, but most just walked awayjust one searching young man, decided to staycos truth be toldmost don't wanna hear ittruth be toldbut so many fear itthey don't wanna face things they may have donebut righteousness will winif it reaches only oneso let the truth be toldthat preacher kept teaching, it's the law of the landall mountains are born from, then return into sandit may seem funny, but it's the way things arereturning to ashes, is the way to the starsbut truth be toldmost don't wanna hear ittruth be toldbut so many fear itthey don't wanna face things they may have donebut righteousness will winif it reaches only oneso let the truth be toldsome say live life to the fullestthen fill theirs with empty tingsfull lives aren't measured, by danger and pleasurebut by the blossoms of Springseveral months later, he was preaching alonewhen that young man came back, with a crate of his ownhe asked to take over, and shook that preacher's handthat preacher said, "Brother, I'm sure you understandtruth be toldmost don't wanna hear ittruth be toldbut so many fear itthey don't wanna face things they may have donebut righteousness will winif it reaches only oneso let the truth be toldlet the truth be toldlet the truth be told"(c)2004 Robert George