Take the Log Out

Sunday morning, collar buttoned tight
Verse on my tongue and a fire in my sight
I know the chapter, I know the line
I built a pulpit out of yours and mine

Fellowship hall when the preaching's through
Look at my plate, then look at my shoes
Every third chair got a beam in the eye
And nobody's writing that one down tonight

Take the log out, brother, take the log out first
You been aiming at a speck with a loaded verse
All have fallen, all come up short
Grace ain't a gavel, love ain't a court
Take the log out, take the log out first

He sat with the drinkers, he sat with the thieves
He never led with what they oughta be
He knew their names before he knew their sin
That's the door, and that's the way he came in

Take the log out, brother, take the log out first
You been aiming at a speck with a loaded verse
All have fallen, all come up short
Grace ain't a gavel, love ain't a court
Take the log out, take the log out first

The wall of amens ain't a river, it's a mirror
Everybody shouting, nobody hearing
The ones you say you're praying to reach
They're in another room, in another feed
And the Spirit does the convicting
That was never your seat
That was never your seat

So I'll live it quiet and I'll live it plain
And if you ask me, I will tell you plain
There's a way home, and the door ain't barred
Come as you are, come as you are

Take the log out, brother, take the log out first
You been aiming at a speck with a loaded verse
All have fallen, all come up short
Grace ain't a gavel, love ain't a court
Take the log out, take the log out first

Come as you are
Come as you are