Flower Girl Lyrics

A family of ten and all of them sing

Father's quite the army man

Move the homeschool, move the mother

Christian convert from Japan 

And when their firstborn daughter joined the convent

She took the choir with her

Drew a staff with shaky hands

Dotted it with notes

Singing glory, grace of God

My bones are tight, my cheeks unlined

But I'll never be cold

She was a flower, but they called her Hannah

A song her miracle son

But if she sang outside the abbey

Call her the prodigal one

And when the Holy Spirit came to take her

He raised a holy fist

Drew a staff with shaky hands

Dotted it with hope

Singing glory, grace of God

Your bones are tight, your cheeks unlined

But you'll never be alone

She the hungry had ceased to hunger

The mighty bowed a broken tune

She taught the nuns to sing John Rutter

In an anechoic room

And when her seven siblings think about her

A prayer upon their lips

Holy Father and the Son

Keep our sister close

Mercy, grace of God 

Our sister thin, our daily sin

We want her home

Bring her home