Gomer

Don’t know what he sees in me
He is spirit, he is free,
And I the wife of adultery,
Gomer is my name.
Simply more than I can see
How he keeps on forgiving me
How he keeps his sanity
Hosea, you’re a fool.

A fool to love someone like me
A fool to suffer silently
But sometimes through your eyes I see
I’d rather be a fool.

The fondness of a father,
The compassion of a child,
The tenderness of a loving friend,
An understanding smile—
All of this and so much more,
You’ve lavished on a faithless whore.
I’ve never known love like this before.
Hosea, you’re a fool.

A fool to love someone like me
A fool to suffer silently
But sometimes through your eyes I see
I’d rather be a fool.

This God of yours would not have told
To lift the love that you couldn’t hold,
And though time and time again I flee,
I’m always glad to see you coming after me…

Simply more than I can see,
How he keeps on forgiving me,
A wife of adultery,
Gomer is my name.

~Lyrics by Michael Card

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