LULLABI (lyrics)

LULLABI (lyrics)

                         

Verse #1

(d) GOD IN HEAVEN           (d) THANK YOU FOR

(g) GOD ON HIGH             (g) THE DAY JUST PAST

(a) GRANT ME REST           (a) EVERY MOMENT

(d) SOME PEACE of MIND      (d) FROM FIRST TO LAST

(d) THANK YOU FOR          (d) THE LORD of HOSTS

(g) THE GIFT of LIFE           (g) YOU’RE IN CONTROL

(a) EVERY SECOND            (a) YOUR FUTURE CERTAIN

(d) EACH BREATH and SIGH     (d) YOU’R HAND WE HOLD

Bridge #1

(Em) WHEN I’M EMPTY      

(d#) YOU FILL MY CUP       

(d) WHEN I’M HUNGRY      

(c#) YOU ARE MY SUP’       

(Em) THROUGH THE STRUGGLE

(d#) THROUGH THE FIGHT

(d) BE MY STRENGTH

(c#) BE MY MIGHT

(c) LOVE UNCERTAIN, PAIN SUBLIME

(c#) WE FIND IN REST, YOUR MERCIES KIND

(d) WE HOLD YOUR PROMISE

(d#) YOUR WORD IS TRIED

(e) KEEP ME CLOSE

(f) HOLD ME TIGHT

(c) BE MY SHELTER, LIFE’s STORMY BLIGHT

THE DAILY CRAWL, THE DAILY GRIND 

(g) OUR HOUSE of CARDS, CASTLES of LIES

  YOUR SURE FOUNDATION THROUGH SANDS of TIME

(c) CLAIMED INNOCENCE AMONGST OUR CRIMES

    OUR FANTASIES and FAILURES TRIED

(g) YOU ARE MY SHEPHERD, FOR US YOU DIED 

HEAR MY CALL, THIS LULLABI

Verse #2

(d)WE GIVE YOU THANKS     (d) THY WILL BE DONE

(g) WE GIVE YOU PRAISE      (g) WE WILL STAND STRONG

(a) GRATEFUL FOR            (a) WE ARE YOUR POEM

(d) OUR NUMBERED DAYS     (d) WE SING YOUR SONG

(d) YOU FILLED OUR DAY      (d) AS WE REST

(g) WITH YOUR LIGHT         (g) AS WE SLEEP

(a) OUR DIRECTION HOME     (a) FILL OUR DREAMS

(d) OUR COMPASS BRIGHT     (d) YOUR PEACE COMPLETE

Bridge #2

(Em) HUMAN KNOWLEDGE

(d#) INCOMPLETE

(d) THROUGH DARKENED GLASSES

(c#) WE TRY TO SEE

(Em) COMPLEX PROBLEMS

(d#) WE NEVER SOLVE

(d) THROUGH LIFE’s TRIALS

(c#)WE MEEKLY CRAWL

(c) A SOURCE OF WISDOM AMONGST THE FOOLS

(c#) LOVING MERCY AMONGST THE CRUEL

(d) FOOD FOR THOUGHT

(d#) AMONGST THE GRUEL

(e) YOUR SUMPTUOUS FEAST

(f) OUR HUNGERED TRUTH

c) THROUGH LIFE’S VALLEYS, LIFE’s WATERFALLS

RESCUE ME, WHILE I DROWN

(g) SUBMERGED in SIN, YOUR GRACE WE NEED 

STAINED WE ARE, CLEANSE ME CLEAN

(c) HELP ME LORD, KEEP ME RIGHT

THOUGH I’M BLIND, BE MY LIGHT

(g) PEACE of MIND IS HARD TO FIND

 HEAR MY CRIES, THIS LULLABI

THE OTHER SIDE

WHEN I’M LOST

STAND BY ME

THROUGHT LIFE’s DIRT

KEEP ME CLEAN

FORGIVE MY CRIMES

SEE PAST MY FAULTS

USED AND ABUSED

THROUGH LIFE’S ASSAULT

THROUGH TIME’S SANDS

HE IS MY ROCK

ETERNITY BECKONS

BEYOND DEATH’s DOCK

YOUR ONE STRAIGHT PATH

CLEAR and STRAIGHT

A HEAVEN BOUND TRAIN

POWERED BY FAITH

(d) THANK YOU LORD

(g) FOR YOUR SUPPLY

(a) BY YOUR PURPOSE

(d) WE CAN’T DENY

HELP ME LORD

KEEP ME STRONG

HOLDING YOUR HAND

I CAN’T GO WRONG

INNOCENCE

AMONGST OUR CRIMES

SELF-DENIAL