Don't you wear these shoes Till I'm burying my toes I believe the Tony rules Past the tears in my soul My tongue is dried out Crying out for a spring You call me to leave My shoes and my wings For every father Regretting to fight And every orphan Yelling daddy and I For every blind man Who claims This all the light For every heathen Who keeps me expelled And promises heaven If I make it through hell The soles of these feet Kiss the coals of the streets I'm old to be taking this heat But I might as well I'm a flightless bird But I'm still at ease Now I'm never looking down At my enemies With a righteous word And a pair of knees I am the weak As the least of these I'm a flightless bird But I'm still at ease Now I'm never looking down At my enemies With a righteous word And a pair of knees I am the weak As the least of these I'm a flightless bird But I'm still at ease Now I'm never looking down At my enemies With a righteous word And a pair of knees I am the weak As the least of these I'm a flightless bird But I'm still at ease Now I'm never looking down At my enemies With a righteous word And a pair of knees I am the weak As the least of these