Jesus Was a Carpenter - Live at The White House, Washington D.C., April 17, 1970
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I was talking to doctor Billy Graham recently who...
I was very honored to have him visitin' in my home
And he said that the reason he wanted to come visit was talk about songs
And that the country needed some songs
Some religious songs that said something for the people of today
Specially for the younger people
And it was shortly after that that I recorded this song
And another one that I'd like to do a bit later for you
It was a great inspiration for me, talking to this great man and...
We owe to a lot of people since that time about some other things that we need
That we as individuals need to do
And I didn't realize that we're obligated to do it
Until I found myself on network television and red a lot of the letters that come in
There was a fellow down in Florida, wrote me a letter that said
"Your television show was about one of a few things that we've got left in our life
In our later years, retirement down here, look forward to that every week"
Letters like that make you understand how important
Someone or something might be that you could possibly do
I told that fellow in a letter that we were thinking of him too
And I said, "Mister, if you were a baker
And if the bread you made kept someone from being hungry
Than your life has been important
If you were a weaver and cloth you made kept someone warm
Then your life has been meaningful"
The smallest can be the biggest things
Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer
And his hands could form a table true enough to stand forever
And he might have spun his life out in the coolness of the mornings
But he put aside his tools and he walked the burning highways
And he build his house from people just like these
And he found them as they wandered through the wild Judean mountains
And he found them as they pulled their nets upon the sea of Galilee
And for a 1000 evenings while the day behind him emptied
He walked among the poor and he stopped to touch the dying
And he built his house from people just like these
It was on a storming Friday when he rode to old Jerusalem
And the palms they cast before him were the crimes they laid against him
It was on a storming Sunday when he climbed the steps to Calvary
And where he died, today why they're sellin' beads and postcards?
And they tell us too that that was long ago
But would he stand today upon the sands of California
Or walk the sweating blacktop in New York and Mississippi?
Where the mighty churches rise high above the screaming cities
Would he be a guest on Monday, a vagrant on a Tuesday
With the doors locked tight against his kind, you know
Come again now Jesus, be a carpenter among us
There are chapels in our discontent, cathedrals to our sorrows
And we dwell in golden mansions with the sand for our foundations
And the raging water's rising and the thunder's all around us
Won't you come and build a house on rock again?
Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer, mmm
Thank you very much
I was very honored to have him visitin' in my home
And he said that the reason he wanted to come visit was talk about songs
And that the country needed some songs
Some religious songs that said something for the people of today
Specially for the younger people
And it was shortly after that that I recorded this song
And another one that I'd like to do a bit later for you
It was a great inspiration for me, talking to this great man and...
We owe to a lot of people since that time about some other things that we need
That we as individuals need to do
And I didn't realize that we're obligated to do it
Until I found myself on network television and red a lot of the letters that come in
There was a fellow down in Florida, wrote me a letter that said
"Your television show was about one of a few things that we've got left in our life
In our later years, retirement down here, look forward to that every week"
Letters like that make you understand how important
Someone or something might be that you could possibly do
I told that fellow in a letter that we were thinking of him too
And I said, "Mister, if you were a baker
And if the bread you made kept someone from being hungry
Than your life has been important
If you were a weaver and cloth you made kept someone warm
Then your life has been meaningful"
The smallest can be the biggest things
Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer
And his hands could form a table true enough to stand forever
And he might have spun his life out in the coolness of the mornings
But he put aside his tools and he walked the burning highways
And he build his house from people just like these
And he found them as they wandered through the wild Judean mountains
And he found them as they pulled their nets upon the sea of Galilee
And for a 1000 evenings while the day behind him emptied
He walked among the poor and he stopped to touch the dying
And he built his house from people just like these
It was on a storming Friday when he rode to old Jerusalem
And the palms they cast before him were the crimes they laid against him
It was on a storming Sunday when he climbed the steps to Calvary
And where he died, today why they're sellin' beads and postcards?
And they tell us too that that was long ago
But would he stand today upon the sands of California
Or walk the sweating blacktop in New York and Mississippi?
Where the mighty churches rise high above the screaming cities
Would he be a guest on Monday, a vagrant on a Tuesday
With the doors locked tight against his kind, you know
Come again now Jesus, be a carpenter among us
There are chapels in our discontent, cathedrals to our sorrows
And we dwell in golden mansions with the sand for our foundations
And the raging water's rising and the thunder's all around us
Won't you come and build a house on rock again?
Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer, mmm
Thank you very much
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:00.10] I was talking to doctor Billy Graham recently who...
[00:02.92] I was very honored to have him visitin' in my home
[00:07.43] And he said that the reason he wanted to come visit was talk about songs
[00:14.57] And that the country needed some songs
[00:17.35] Some religious songs that said something for the people of today
[00:22.13] Specially for the younger people
[00:25.53] And it was shortly after that that I recorded this song
[00:30.08] And another one that I'd like to do a bit later for you
[00:33.40] It was a great inspiration for me, talking to this great man and...
[00:38.40] We owe to a lot of people since that time about some other things that we need
[00:43.73] That we as individuals need to do
[00:47.06] And I didn't realize that we're obligated to do it
[00:50.66] Until I found myself on network television and red a lot of the letters that come in
[00:58.80] There was a fellow down in Florida, wrote me a letter that said
[01:03.52] "Your television show was about one of a few things that we've got left in our life
[01:08.59] In our later years, retirement down here, look forward to that every week"
[01:14.78] Letters like that make you understand how important
[01:17.37] Someone or something might be that you could possibly do
[01:21.93] I told that fellow in a letter that we were thinking of him too
[01:29.64] And I said, "Mister, if you were a baker
[01:33.84] And if the bread you made kept someone from being hungry
[01:38.48] Than your life has been important
[01:40.46] If you were a weaver and cloth you made kept someone warm
[01:44.79] Then your life has been meaningful"
[01:48.79] The smallest can be the biggest things
[01:52.94] Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer
[01:57.86] And his hands could form a table true enough to stand forever
[02:03.31] And he might have spun his life out in the coolness of the mornings
[02:08.87] But he put aside his tools and he walked the burning highways
[02:14.59] And he build his house from people just like these
[02:20.11] And he found them as they wandered through the wild Judean mountains
[02:25.87] And he found them as they pulled their nets upon the sea of Galilee
[02:31.70] And for a 1000 evenings while the day behind him emptied
[02:37.45] He walked among the poor and he stopped to touch the dying
[02:43.05] And he built his house from people just like these
[02:48.65] It was on a storming Friday when he rode to old Jerusalem
[02:54.47] And the palms they cast before him were the crimes they laid against him
[02:59.97] It was on a storming Sunday when he climbed the steps to Calvary
[03:05.74] And where he died, today why they're sellin' beads and postcards?
[03:11.57] And they tell us too that that was long ago
[03:17.57] But would he stand today upon the sands of California
[03:23.29] Or walk the sweating blacktop in New York and Mississippi?
[03:28.73] Where the mighty churches rise high above the screaming cities
[03:34.53] Would he be a guest on Monday, a vagrant on a Tuesday
[03:40.28] With the doors locked tight against his kind, you know
[03:46.47] Come again now Jesus, be a carpenter among us
[03:51.83] There are chapels in our discontent, cathedrals to our sorrows
[03:57.58] And we dwell in golden mansions with the sand for our foundations
[04:03.23] And the raging water's rising and the thunder's all around us
[04:09.17] Won't you come and build a house on rock again?
[04:15.50] Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer, mmm
[04:24.20]
[04:39.97] Thank you very much
[04:41.83]
[00:02.92] I was very honored to have him visitin' in my home
[00:07.43] And he said that the reason he wanted to come visit was talk about songs
[00:14.57] And that the country needed some songs
[00:17.35] Some religious songs that said something for the people of today
[00:22.13] Specially for the younger people
[00:25.53] And it was shortly after that that I recorded this song
[00:30.08] And another one that I'd like to do a bit later for you
[00:33.40] It was a great inspiration for me, talking to this great man and...
[00:38.40] We owe to a lot of people since that time about some other things that we need
[00:43.73] That we as individuals need to do
[00:47.06] And I didn't realize that we're obligated to do it
[00:50.66] Until I found myself on network television and red a lot of the letters that come in
[00:58.80] There was a fellow down in Florida, wrote me a letter that said
[01:03.52] "Your television show was about one of a few things that we've got left in our life
[01:08.59] In our later years, retirement down here, look forward to that every week"
[01:14.78] Letters like that make you understand how important
[01:17.37] Someone or something might be that you could possibly do
[01:21.93] I told that fellow in a letter that we were thinking of him too
[01:29.64] And I said, "Mister, if you were a baker
[01:33.84] And if the bread you made kept someone from being hungry
[01:38.48] Than your life has been important
[01:40.46] If you were a weaver and cloth you made kept someone warm
[01:44.79] Then your life has been meaningful"
[01:48.79] The smallest can be the biggest things
[01:52.94] Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer
[01:57.86] And his hands could form a table true enough to stand forever
[02:03.31] And he might have spun his life out in the coolness of the mornings
[02:08.87] But he put aside his tools and he walked the burning highways
[02:14.59] And he build his house from people just like these
[02:20.11] And he found them as they wandered through the wild Judean mountains
[02:25.87] And he found them as they pulled their nets upon the sea of Galilee
[02:31.70] And for a 1000 evenings while the day behind him emptied
[02:37.45] He walked among the poor and he stopped to touch the dying
[02:43.05] And he built his house from people just like these
[02:48.65] It was on a storming Friday when he rode to old Jerusalem
[02:54.47] And the palms they cast before him were the crimes they laid against him
[02:59.97] It was on a storming Sunday when he climbed the steps to Calvary
[03:05.74] And where he died, today why they're sellin' beads and postcards?
[03:11.57] And they tell us too that that was long ago
[03:17.57] But would he stand today upon the sands of California
[03:23.29] Or walk the sweating blacktop in New York and Mississippi?
[03:28.73] Where the mighty churches rise high above the screaming cities
[03:34.53] Would he be a guest on Monday, a vagrant on a Tuesday
[03:40.28] With the doors locked tight against his kind, you know
[03:46.47] Come again now Jesus, be a carpenter among us
[03:51.83] There are chapels in our discontent, cathedrals to our sorrows
[03:57.58] And we dwell in golden mansions with the sand for our foundations
[04:03.23] And the raging water's rising and the thunder's all around us
[04:09.17] Won't you come and build a house on rock again?
[04:15.50] Jesus was a carpenter and he worked with a sow and a hammer, mmm
[04:24.20]
[04:39.97] Thank you very much
[04:41.83]