give me a heart of warmth a heart like yours
telling the truth when it hurts standing alone when it counts
refusing a dirty passport to a decent future
guiding the weary, raising the faint, helping the poor, feeding the hungry, loosing the prisoner, lifting the weak receiving the orphans and blessing the children
not trading my body for grades not skipping queue lines
not copying another’s labor not practicing deceit as an art
not seeking sudden riches never in quest of office for gain
a heart of gold, purified in the fire, justified in the flames
without revenge looking to the One who judges fairly
a pure heart shielding my eyes from obscenity and violence
a tongue that melts the bones cheerful and hearty
steadily pushing towards my goal but content in every state
father give me a heart like yours
