In Spite of Himself-Mark Heard

[ti:In Spite Of Himself] [ar:Mark Heard] [al:Acoustic] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]In Spite of Himself - Mark Heard [00:11.13]He hears his friends called shallow infidels [00:14.96] [00:16.63]Sees the vices they've naively held [00:20.87] [00:22.60]He looks at their faces [00:25.52]And loves them in spite of himself [00:29.70] [00:33.06]When he sees the dark shadows they've thrown [00:37.64] [00:39.08]And their recklessness cuts him to the bone [00:42.75] [00:44.55]He looks at their faces [00:47.33]Refusing to throw the first stone [00:51.49] [00:55.50]This simple thing that some call grace [01:00.71] [01:01.60]Suffers abandon and loss in their wakes [01:06.63] [01:08.35]It lies unrecognized as wealth [01:13.26] [01:14.24]Deep in their bones it must someday prevail [01:19.56] [01:23.31]When they talk behind his back in conceit [01:27.19] [01:29.22]And deny what a true friend he must be [01:33.22] [01:34.98]He looks at their faces [01:37.58]And loves them in spite of his grief [01:42.11] [02:08.23]This simple thing that some call grace [02:13.21] [02:14.03]Suffers abandon and loss in their wakes [02:19.04] [02:20.94]It lies unrecognized as wealth [02:25.89] [02:26.67]Deep in their bones it must someday prevail [02:32.63] [02:36.04]When they don't understand his concern [02:39.84] [02:41.75]And his gestures remain unreturned [02:45.76] [02:47.52]He looks at their faces [02:50.19]And loves them [02:51.56]And knows it's not absurd