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Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #995
Peak in subgenre #183
Author
R. Dwight Duncan
Rights
2008 R. Dwight Duncan
Uploaded
April 13, 2009
Track Files
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MP3 4.3 MB • 128 kbps • 4:38
Story behind the song
I was inspired by this wonderful ministry in Birmingham, Alabama.
Lyrics
Dinner at The Jimmie Hale
© 2008 R. Dwight Duncan
Verse1
Christmas morning at the break of dawn he woke up under I-sixty-five
His concrete shelter from the storms of pouring rain and snow and life
Verse 2
A thousand prayers had gone unanswered; his mother’s heart just gave away
He walked away from his wife and family, towards the needle and the grave
Then yesterday he met an angel from the mission down the way
She offered him an invitation and painted a picture of the day
Chorus
One by one they’ll reach the tables trimmed in red and green and gold
One to serve and one to be served the roles sometimes can seem reversed
The prodigal son and the fallen preacher, the beggar’s daughter and the banker’s son
They quench a thirst and feed a hunger, with Christmas dinner at the Jimmie Hale
And the “Living Water” at the Jimmie Hale
Verse3
So he made his way down to mission, and shared a table with a man
Who spoke his mind about love of country but he left a piece in a foreign land
But every day he’s one step closer to the man he was before
A simple hand up from a stranger Christmas day a year before
Chorus 2
One by one they’ll reach the tables trimmed in red and green and gold
One to serve and one to be served the roles sometimes can seem reversed
The prodigal son and the fallen preacher, the beggar’s daughter and the banker’s son
They quench a thirst and feed a hunger, with Christmas dinner at the Jimmie Hale
One by one they’ll reach the tables trimmed in red and green and gold
They quench a thirst and feed a hunger, with Christmas dinner at the Jimmie Hale
And the “Living Water” at the Jimmie Hale
Tag
Easter Morning at the break of dawn he’s going back home down sixty-five
