Michael Card - God's Own Fool lyrics

Seems I've imagined Him all of my life

As the wisest of all of mankind

But if God's Holy wisdom is foolish to men

He must have seemed out of His mind

For even His family said He was mad

And the priest say a demon's to blame

But God in the form of this angry young man

Could not have seemed perfectly sane

Chorus

We in our foolishness thought we were wise

He played the fool and He opened our eyes

And we in our weakness believed we were strong

He became helpless to show we were wrong

And so we follow God's own fool

For only the foolish can tell

Believe the unbelievable

Come be a fool as well

So come lose our life for a carpenter's son

For a man who had died for a dream

And you'll feel the faith His first followers had

And you'll feel the weight of the beam

So surrender the hunger to say you must know

Have the courage to say I believe

For the power of paradox opens your eyes

And blinds those who say they can see

Chorus

So we follow God's own Fool

For only the foolish can tell

Believe the unbelievable, come be a fool as well