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The Empire of Dirt

from Empires by Wen Reagan

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I toil all day for silver and gold
to buy more dirt and stack it
higher than my neighbor can
A lover of dirt 'til the day I die
The violence here in my heart, it
covets the mud of my neighbor's sty
But to see
it's from dust I came and dust I will be
my empire of dirt yields a dying tree
The nation we forge is a vanity
land of the brave and land of the
freedom to define God's enemies
We build this country for the glory of God
forsaking the poor in the name of
comfort and safety, peace and all that
We see it's from dust we came and dust we will be
our empire of dirt yields a dying tree
He utters his voice and the earth it melts away
I seek her voice with all my days
to crowd out folly's tongue
to crowd out all I've done
but it doesn't matter, light or dark,
they both turn to dirt
when you speak a Word
just a Word
To see it's from dust I came and dust I will be
my empire of dirt yields a dying tree
the fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh
better a handful of quietness
and to see it's from dust we came and dust we will be
the empire we forge is a vanity
the fool folds his hands and eats his own flesh
better a handful of quietness
He utters his voice and the earth it melts
the hevel of my life is an empire of dirt

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from Empires, released October 1, 2007
©2007 Wen Reagan. All Rights Reserved.

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Wen Reagan Durham, North Carolina

Wen Reagan is a singer-songwriter and worship leader based in Durham, North Carolina. Wen serves as the Director of Music and Worship at Blacknall Memorial Presbyterian Church, teaches worship at Samford University and Duke Divinity School, and contributes as a songwriter for Cardiphonia, a national network of worship songwriters writing for the love of the church. ... more

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