Rest (The Song Of The Innkeeper)

I found them standing in my door

In the clumsy silence of the poor

I've got no time for precious things

But at least they won't be wandering

If they're sleeping on my stable floor

There were no rooms to rent tonight

The only empty bed is mine

‘Cause I’m overbooked and overrun

With so many things that must be done

Until I’m numb and running blind

I need rest, I need rest

Lost inside a forest of a million trees

Trying to find my way back to me

I need rest

As a boy I heard the old men sing

About a Kingdom and a coming King

But keeping books and changing beds

Put a different song inside my head

And the melody is deafening

I need rest, I need rest

Like a drowning man in the open sea

I need somebody to rescue me

I need rest

To Rome we’re only names and numbers

Not souls in search of signs and wonders

But we're waiting for the day of our salvation

The messiah who will be our liberation

We’re waiting, I’m waiting

I need rest, I need rest

Oh come oh come Emmanuel

With a sword deliver Israel

I need rest

Tonight I can’t get any sleep

With those shepherds shouting in the streets

A star is shining much too bright

Somewhere I hear a baby cry

And all I want is a little peace