Missionary - Chris Staples

Someone took this clipboard

Put it in my hand

Pointed to a map

Told me where to stand

Only takes a moment

Doesn’t cost a dime

Maybe I could change your mind

I spent the whole summer

Repeating lines I memorized

I was disregarded

I was criticized

Back at the apartment

Poured a glass of wine

Maybe I could never change your mind

I was so proud in my

Crimson cap and gown

Of a little roll of paper

That the dean was handing out

I didn’t know it then

But I would learn it over time

That I could never change your mind