A Far Green Country

I live in the Ivory Tower; Add a brick for each page read

I scrub the walls white with each public prayer

And last nights assignment is where I get my daily bread

I live in the Ivory Tower; Add a brick for each worksheet done

I made an "A" on my paper, so "Look out St. Paul, Peter here I come"

I have a 4.0, I must have holiness second to none

I live in the Ivory Tower; Add a brick for each meeting made

I finished my reports and mentioned Jesus three times

Just don't ask me about how many people I see get saved

I live in the Ivory Tower; Add a brick for each slander suppressed

I sure am growing, I don't even hate you anymore

Aren't you lucky I'm in your presence, don't you feel blessed

I live in the Ivory Tower; Another brick just fell out

See, in public I say "TULIP" & "God is sovereign"

But when left alone to review the day, I panic and I doubt

I live in the Ivory Tower; Another brick goes tumbling down

I cannot live up to this calling

Those I call my brothers don't know me, & isolated I drown

I live in the Ivory Tower; Another brick plunges to the ground

I just had an evening with my wife, how nice

Too bad, the week's begun, now she's nowhere to be found

I live in the Ivory Tower; it's crumbling, I can get no rest

"Sorry to hear about your mom,

Excuse me now, I've got to go study for this test"

I live in the Ivory Tower; A whitewashed tomb, cold & dead inside

Too busy to repent &

So distant from your presence, by a simple video game I'm satisfied

I live in the Ivory Tower; A structure of program & of classes

Get me to graduation, so I can climb down & spread your glory to the masses