Bright Eyed Boy

Southern boy from Auburn
Age seventeen
Moved here to California
A place you had never seen
Hungry for purpose
Searching for meaning

Bright-eyed boy
Mm

Singing songs 'bout Jesus
In strangers' living rooms
You saw the signs, but were left wonderin'
If there was more to the Kingdom
Hungry for purpose
You were searching for meaning

Bright-eyed boy
Oh

And sometimes I feel like
You're too good for this world
And sometimes I feel like
You're too good for this broken world

Bright-eyed boy
Oh

Said you have a brother
You have never met before
Not a new story
But you couldn't handle more
Like a river dam
Your heart, broken beyond repair

Bright-eyed boy
Ooh (Ooh)

Your old faith
Can no longer bear the weight
Of watching white men
Decide a Black man's fate
Silence of shepherds
Beyond deafening

Bright-eyed boy
Ooh

Sometimes I feel like
You're too good for this world
Sometimes I feel like
You're too good for this broken world

Bright-eyed boy
Ooh
Bright-eyed boy
Ooh

Maybe one day
They will see the world like you do
Maybe one day
They will see the world like you do