In the dryness of prayer In the dissatisfaction with All of these useless entertainments In the desert that spreads in us From overwork and our toil In our thirst to love and be loved We long for You So come Lord Jesus, You know We long for You O Lord So come Lord Jesus, come In our yearning for what matters In our desire to see A just and righteous world In the darkness of our accumulated sins In the hopelessness of our addictions We long for You So come Lord Jesus, You know We long for You O Lord So come Lord Jesus, come In the empty habits of mind That nourish no one In our restlessness For something beyond what we see And in our search for an anchor in this life And in our pursuit of beauty And all that's still good We long for You So come Lord Jesus, You know We long for You O Lord So come Lord Jesus, come