If God shall ever grant me sight

If God shall ever grant me sight

From each dark alley will appear a light
where the least of these are laid to sleep
upon a bed of cardboard sheets

I'll fill their bellies with food and wine
born from the branch of the Master's vine.

But when you grant this gift to see
and I choose blindness instead of Thee
hang me from your heavenly gates
to die from my own sinful flesh and weight.
And I'll watch as widows and orphans pass through
to live in your kingdom and remain in You.