LIGHTS OF HOME
SINGING IN HIS FIELDS
Long Old Journey
It's a long old journey from Smart Aleck to wisdom.............
I wrote a song in 2007, then modified and updated it in July, 2009, and I dedicated it to all of us who find that our tongue sometimes gets us into difficulty. When I wrote it I had in mind myself and then President Bush. The message and thrust of the song does also apply to President Obama. Let's support our President with our prayers. I certainly mean no disrespect for either President. He, like so many others, gets himself into a little bit of trouble with words. I have done that many times and there have been instances when I "wish I hadn't said that" or maybe I "wish I had put that a little bit differently". The tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity and misfortune. The Prodigal Son no doubt regretted asking his father to divide up the inheritance early on so that he might leave home and go do his thing. Years later, after learning that the ways of a Smart Aleck can become like a heavy stone tied around the neck and finding himself eating slop with the pigs, he began to approach some wisdom, but it was a long old journey. Many of us have regretted some words that we have spoken and the haste in which we have left home to go do our thing. There is nothing wrong with leaving home but how you leave can be of vital importance to you in the future. The tongue sometimes sets nature aflame with it's tone. It's a long old journey, a long hard journey, it's a long old journey back home. The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, whether you are President or ditch digger.
LONG OLD JOURNEY WMA
Words and music by Jim Clark 2007
Modified and updated July, 2009.
It's a long old journey from Smart Aleck to wisdom.
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