SONG: Is it safe to be me?

[Sung by two couples, slowly, staccato, with dignity:]

With Bibles large
we're in our pew
every Sun-
day right on cue.
We stand to sing,
we sit to pray
Our faces won't
give us away.

[First couple, stepping forward]
W're insecure--
you'll never know.
We'll never let
our weakness show.
Depressed, afraid
though we may be,
that side of us
you'll never see.

[First couple steps back. Couples together:]
Our hair is coiffed,
our clothes are neat.
We're dignified
from head to feet.
We'll shake your hand,
We'll smile and wave.
You'll never know
the love we crave.

[Second couple, stepping forward:]
Our marriage won't
survive the year.
Our son's on drugs--
or so we fear.
Our unwed daught-
er's pregnant, too;
"We're just fine, thank
you. How are you?"

[First couple steps forward, joining second couple.
Both couples sing last two stanzas.]
We'd like to tell
you how we feel
To share our pain
so it can heal.
We'd like to let our-
selves be real,
if you will care
and help us heal.

We long to find
someone to care,
To share our doubts
and ask for prayer.
I think we would
if we knew
that you have doubts
and need prayer too.