Derek Webb

T-Shirts

Derek Webb


they'll know us by the t-shirts that we wear 
they'll know us by the way we point and stare 
at anyone whose sin looks worse than ours 
who cannot hide the scars of this curse that we all bare 

they'll know us by our picket lines and signs 
they'll know us by the pride we hide behind 
like anyone on earth is living right 
and isn't that why Jesus died 
not to make us think we're right 

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when love, love, love 
is what we should be known for 
love, love, love 
it's the how and it's the why 
we live and breathe and we die 

they'll know us by reasons we divide 
and how we can't seem to unify 
because we've gotta sing songs a certain style 
or we'll walk right down that aisle 
and just leave 'em all behind 

they'll know us by the billboards that we make 
just turning God's words to cheap clichés 
says "what part of murder don't you understand?" 
but we hate our fellow man 
and point a finger at his grave 

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they'll know us by the t-shirts that we wear 
they'll know us by the way we point and stare 
telling 'em their sins are worse than ours 
thinking we can hide our scars 
beneath these t-shirts that we wear