Don't Be Surprised
Tim O'Brien

She was heavy with child and he had a hungry look

They were out on the road just waitin' to be took

And I wasn't much better, all I owned in a sack

But I had enough street smarts to watch my back

And he asked me if I knew a place they could go

To keep from the wind, away from the rain and the drivin' snow

He said I'm good with my hands, I can work my way

But I don't know a soul hear, there's not much I can pay

I just shook my head and all I could say was

Don't be surprised if they turn you away

I said your child will be born to a heartless place

If he tries to do good, they'll just spit in his face

He might heal the sick, make a lame man walk

Draw big crowds of people to hear his talk

But he'd make rich men so nervous they'd take him away

They put him on trial and twist his words

Just to make make him pay

He might be humble the gentlest around

That won't stop some men from puttin' him down

You see I don't have much faith in people these days

So don't be surprised if they turn him away

Well, I guess someday maybe Rome will fall

Peace could live inside Jerusalem's walls

And men could win in at lots of things they try

Grow food in the desert maybe even learn how to fly

In two thousand years they might look back on our day

And study about us, they'd probably wonder

How in the world we could live this way

But the more things change the more they stay the same

Men will never give up their hurtful games

A few will stand tall and a few will walk straight

But most of us will fall to the fear and hate

Well, I guess at the time it didn't seem so odd

But I was talking with Joseph and Mary, the mother of God

And I wouldn't change a word if I saw them today

And I wouldn't be surprised if they turned them away

He said I'm good with my hands and I can work my way

But I don't know a soul hear, there's not much I can pay

I just shook my head 'cause all I could say was

Don't be surprised if they turn you away


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Lyrics by Tim O'Brien

  A House of Gold   Another Day   Bending Blades   Blackest Crow   Brother Wind   Circles Around You   Climbin' up a Montain   Climbing Up A Mountain   Cluck Old Hen   Daddy's on the Roof Again   Deep in the Woods   Demon Lover   Down in the Willow Garden   Drunkard's Hiccups (Jack Of Diamonds)   Easy as Pie [Instrumental]   Edge of the Storm   Evening   Every Tear Has a Reason Why   Fair Margaret and Sweet William   Family History   Fell into Her Deep Blue Eyes   First Days of Fall   Five Rooms   Flora, the Lily of the West   Footsteps So Near   For the Fallen   Forty-Nine Keep On Talkin'   Handsome Molly   Hard Pressed   Hard Times   Hard Year Blues   Hold to a Dream   Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor   How Come I Ain't Dead   Hungry Eyes   I Like the Way You Cook   I'm Not Gonna Forget You   I've Endured   Into the West   Ireland's Green Shore   Ireland's Green Shore [Instrumental]   John Riley   Jonah and the Whale   Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burning   Kelly Joe's Shoes   Kick Me When I'm Down   Less & Less   Let Love Take You Back Again   Like I Used to Do   Little Sadie   Lone Tree Standing   Long Black Veil   Long Distance   Lost Little Children   Love and Laughter   Love Is Pleasing   Love on Hold   Maggie's Farm   Me And Dick's Trip To Ireland   Me and Dirk's Trip to Ireland   Melancholy Moon (Not)   Mic Ryan's Lament   Mick Ryan's Lament   Mole in the Ground   More Love   Mountaineer Is Always Free   Music Tree   Nellie Kane   Nice Work If You Can Get It [Outtake]   Norwegian Wood   On the Outside Looking In   One Drop of Rain   One Girl Cried   One Way Street   Out in the Darkness   Out on the Rolling Sea   Queen of Hearts   Raleigh and Spencer   Restless Spirit Wandering   Ribbon in Your Hair   River of Blood   Rock In A Weary Land   Rock in My Shoe   Rod McNeil   Romance Is a Slow Dance   Shadows of Light   She's Runnin' Away   Skillet Good And Greasy   Talkin' Cavan   That's What I Like About You   The Farmer's Cursed Wife   The Foggy Dew   The High Road   The Holy Well   The Perfect Place to Hide   The Second Mouse   The Tide Flows into Miltown   Think About Last Night   Travelers   Turn the Page Again   Turning Around   Two Journeys   Two Journeys (Deux Voyages)   Wagoner's Lad   Walk Beside Me   Walk The Way The Wind Blows   Wandering   Wayfarin' Stranger   What Does the Deep Sea Say?   When I Die I'll Live Again   When There's No One Around   When You Come Back Down   Wildewood Drive [Instrumental]   Working On A Building

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