Story Behind The Song
Scripture about a woman who wants crumbs from the table and participation in a church for the unchurched.
Song Description
People who come to church for the first time often feel like outsiders and wonder why there is no one trying to make them fell comfortable.
| Song Length |
3:10 |
Genre |
New Age - Religious, Folk - Religious |
| Tempo |
Medium Slow (91 - 110) |
Lead Vocal |
Instrumental |
| Mood |
Cool |
Subject |
Loneliness |
| Language |
English |
Era |
2000 and later |
Lyrics
CRUMBS
(I'm Hungry)
Words and Music by Ken Morrison (Song written 06/20/03)
Copyright 2003 by Kenneth L. Morrison All Rights Reserved
This instrumental arrangement Copyright 2013 by Kenneth L. Morrison
All Rights Reserved
(This lyric explores what it is like to be on the outside looking in. The Syrophonecian woman just wanted crumbs from the table of Jesus and his disciples. The newcomer to church feels like a stranger looking in and wonders if it is possible to get in.)
Mark 7:24-29
Matthew 15:21-28
VERSE
I don't belong at this table,
there's no place setting for me
It's not that the folks here treat me unkind
It's just that they don't even see
I'm hungry, I'm hungry
VERSE:
I wasn't born in this place you call home
And that makes it harder to please
All of your custom and language is strange
And I have to learn by degrees
PRECHORUS
I don't know what I've done to bring this all on
This cold, cold shoulder I feel
But if Judas could sit at a place that was set
Can't you please let me taste of your meal
CHORUS
I've been following a trail of the crumbs of a grace
that excites a great hunger in me
All I want is a taste of your bread and your wine
And a kind heart open to me
A kind heart open to me
I'm hungry
VERSE
Won't you open a place at your table
Won't you open a place in your heart
Won't you give me a chance to show who I am
A chance to become who you are
PRECHORUS
I don't know what I've done to bring this all on
This cold, cold shoulder I feel
But if Judas could sit at a place that was set
Can't you please let me taste of your meal
CHORUS
I've been following a trail of the crumbs of a grace
that excites a great hunger in me
All I want is a taste of your bread and your wine
And a kind heart open to me
A kind heart open to me
I'm hungry, I'm hungry
I'm hungry