I am just a simple man
– a fisherman by trade.
As evening comes I take my nets
And row my boat to sea.
Every night my simple prayer:
“God grant a gentle wind,
–calm sea and fish to fill my nets”.
I am just a simple man.
“Come and see” Andrew says to me,
“The Messiah, he’s been found!”
My brother Andrew
– a dreamer through and through.
There are nets to mend
And fish to sell
And a boat to keep afloat
– Sometimes he’s not much help to me.
I am just a simple man.
In anger I reply to him:
“Show me a Messiah
Who fills my nets
Or calms the sea,
Then, I will “come and see”.
I am just a simple man.
This Messiah stands before me now
With eyes that see my soul,
And words that fill my nets with fish
And power that calms the sea.
“Depart from me, my Lord and God,
For I am just a simple man.”
–Franciene McDonald