the basics of life A heart that is pure And a love that is blind A faith that is fervently grounded in Christ The hope that endures for all times These are the basics
I can see it so vividly In a memory-the simplicity Of the strength of a father, prayers of a mother And the trust of a child Just a virtuous family
Just a big wide ocean and a ceiling of stars Set the sails in motion, gonna follow his heart Oh, all he ever wanted was a journey to his younger days
An old man once said When the war is over we would be free He said that we?d have to drive Those Nazis back to Germany His vote in the post-war years
You said You wanted all of me You said You?d love me faithfully Oh how could I know all the while You would never give up on a faithless child I had
I want a chance to tame the lion To be a brave smile in the face of danger Heads will turn I want to bear my soul to the stranger Lay my head in the
What is this gently piercing my heart? Why is this aching so familiar? I must confess I long for You more Strange as it seems I?m faithlessly bored
So confused, all of them stood surprised For there was no hatred in His eyes Jesus knew none of them realized They were the reason He must die Though
There?s only one thing that matters in life In spite of the way it might seem It?s not when you?re born it?s not when you die But what have you done
Nothing new in this old town The sun comes up and heads back down Working hard from dawn to dusk again Seventeen and a heart for change The byways calling
I see this hurting world of humanity, Your beloved ones I see the construction crews, principalities, We?ve been overrun I see the walls going up like
I have dreamed of being Moses Standing on the mountain top When he heard the voice of God And I admit that even sometimes I?ve imagined I was Paul on
Cause I?ve been shattered broken I?ve been beaten You may think you know me but that?s a risk you take Through all those scattered pictures left unspoken
The only thing I like about you Is the reflection of myself as I look into your eyes As I look into your eyes The only thing I like about you Is the
Pick up yourself get motivated Your dying inside your Beaten and withered away And all I know becomes your inspiration Well take three steps forward
