You’re My child I’m always here for you Even when you think that I don’t really care for you And you won’t ever see the tears I cry for you And all the pain of loneliness I bear with you ‘Cos you’re My child and I love you And I will put a new song in your heart Where pain has been so cruel and torn your life apart There’ll be healing in the tears Peace to drown those fears that you’re feeling ‘Cos you’re My child and I love you You’re My child I keep you near to Me Every prayer you hardly whisper sounds so clear to Me When all you see is night I’m looking out for you When you’re too weak to fight I’m holding on to you ‘Cos you’re My child and I love you Yes I love you You’re My child and you’re so dear to Me Sometimes things are not what they appear to be And you can’t trace the paths of grace I walk with you The history of a mystery at work in you But you’re My child and I love you And I will put a new song in your heart Where pain has been so cruel and torn your life apart There’ll be healing in the tears Peace to drown those fears that you’re feeling ‘Cos you’re My child and I love you.

Another bomb for innocents A brother blown away A flashing knife, another life Slips senselessly away As men consumed with anger Blaze any hope away Oh Lord Don’t let me add to the world’s cup of suffering today Don’t let me add to the world’s cup of suffering today A child sold to slavery A mother turns away The prisoner looks for freedom But never finds the way And a father holds his infant Now his wife has passed away Oh Lord Don’t let me add to the world’s cup of suffering today Don’t let me add to the world’s cup of suffering today In the grace of mystery Our every cry is heard Deep within the Godhead love is stirred Entering the pain of countless hearts, lives torn apart Love sends the healing Word In the heat of hatred A body racked with pain Takes the weight of suffering For the saint and the insane Every grief and sorrow He bears and bears again Oh Lord Don’t let me add to the cup of Your suffering today Don’t let me add to the world’s cup of suffering today Don’t let me add to the cup of Your suffering today

Remember how you used to say I love You more than yesterday And then you’d smile And I’d agree there’s no place I’d rather be Than with My child But then somewhere along the way You changed your mind and wouldn’t stay Went running wild And I could see the cruel hand of My enemy Had caught My child Yet after all these years Through the tears Don’t you know I still love you Don’t you know I still love you I remember how you used to pray Moving mountains every day Your faith would grow And you believed the impossible could be achieved by praying so But then somehow the doubts crept in You lost the will to fight and win Your heart grew cold And I could hear the gentle whispers in your ear As the lies were told Yet after all these years Through the tears Don’t you know I still love you Don’t you know I still love you I remember how you read My word Excited every time you heard Me reach your heart And you could see that life without your love for Me Would fall apart It’s been so long but don’t forget Your future’s not been written yet It’s in your hands And you can change the way you think To rearrange within My plans For after all these years through the tears Don’t you know I still love you Don’t you know, you’ve got to know You’ve got to know I still love you

I was on my way to Jericho I was traveling all alone Many men had walked that way before But I was on my own When a wandering gang of bandits Came and jumped me from behind They took all the wealth I’d ever had And left a senseless mind He found me by the wayside A wounded dying soul He poured in His oil of healing And He made my spirit whole He took me gently in His arms And held me to His breast And in the comfort of His love He laid me down to rest I had wandered many miles Before I trod the road that day And I never thought one moment A surprise was on the way For upto then I’d found my life Was running fairly smooth But Jesus knew that morning That things were on the move Many miles have passed behind me Many days have come and gone Many men have tried to guide me But I’ve found them to be wrong For my feet are treading daily On a road they’ve never trod Since I met that gentle Traveller Who brought me back to God

A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief Bent with the lashings of a life lived by grace Nails in anger holding love in disgrace Show men the means to be forgiven Our invitation into heaven Too much a man not to suffer Too much a man not to cry Too much a man not to feel the pain of sorrow Too much a man like you and I, like you and I A lamb to slaughter yet he spoke not a word No curse for men already cursed by their sin A crown of thorns for the King of all kings Blood and compassion in his eyes Men’s only hope of living dies And did I hold the hammer? And did you drive the nails? And did we laugh the laughter of the damned? Did I spit on my Saviour? Did you create the crown? Did we join in the slaughter of the Lamb? Too much a man not to suffer Too much a man not to cry Too much a man not to feel the pain of sorrow Too much a man like you and I like you and I And did I hold the hammer? And did you drive the nails? And did we laugh the laughter of the damned? Did I spit on my Saviour? Did you create the crown? Did we join in the slaughter of the Lamb? Too much a man not to suffer Too much a man not to cry Too much a man not to feel the pain of sorrow Too much a man like you and I like you and I

I watched them as they flogged Him and spat upon His face Took the crown of thorns and pressed it into place And I laughed, oh yes I laughed at the man I watched Him as he stumbled and fell along the way Carrying the timber for His crucifixion day And I laughed, oh how I laughed at the man I pushed aside the soldiers and took hold of the nails I hammered out my hatred on His hands But the pain that broke His heart that day I’ll never understand I watched with satisfaction as they hung Him in the air It seemed so right that He should be the victim hanging there And I laughed, oh yes I laughed at the man I joined in with the mocking, I shouted with the crowd He’d tried to tell us He was God But now His head was bowed And we laughed, oh how we laughed at the man But then the sky was darkened for the sun had disappeared And I heard the words which pierced me through and through “My Father please forgive them for they know not what they do” Oh we knew what we were doing, baying for His blood Killing the blasphemer making out that he was God Why would we need forgiveness, we were doing what was right Yet slowly in the darkness I began to see the light I struggled with my anger then I looked into His eyes I’d never seen such love and I was taken by surprise And I cried oh how I cried for the man I knew that there was something slowly pulling me apart His eyes had fixed my gaze but He was looking at my heart And I cried oh yes I cried with the man My sins were red like crimson my heart as hard as stone I’d never thought I’d ever see the day When the tears of wounded innocence would make me turn away I pushed aside the soldiers took hold of the nails Hammered out my hatred on His hands But the love that won my heart that day I’ll never understand

Without love I have nothing All turns to pain With faith to move mountains Yet no love no gain I may give up my body To the heat of the blaze To no good unless love feeds the flames Love is so kind, love is so tender Love plays the role of shield and defender Love seeks the stranger Love takes his part And love risks a broken heart What if I give away all I possess Sacrifice everything just to impress Speak as a prophet With fire in my bones Or pray with unutterable groans? Love is so kind, love is so tender Love plays the role of shield and defender Love seeks the stranger Love takes his part And love mends a broken heart Without love I’m no more Than an old clanging cymbal A voice heard by all Yet with nothing to say Understanding all mysteries Having all knowledge Without love having nothing to say Without love having nothing to say Love is so kind, love is so tender Love plays the role of shield and defender Love seeks the stranger Love takes his part And love risks a broken heart Love mends a broken heart Love risks a broken heart

Thank you for the invitation But I cannot come along I have to see a man about a car And although you may deduce This is a very lame excuse It is the most important thing by far For this car is really my priority There’s nothing to compare with it As far as I can see But so as not to disappoint Of course if it’s okay Maybe I’ll come along another day Thank you for the invitation But I cannot come along I have to spend the evening with my wife And although you may deduce This is a very poor excuse She really is important in my life For my wife is really my priority There’s no one to compare with her As far as I can see But so as not to disappoint Of course if it’s okay Maybe I’ll come along another day Thank you for the invitation But I cannot come along I have another party to attend And although you may deduce This is another lame excuse I rather think my absence might offend For my friends are really my priority There’s no one to compare with them As far as I can see But so as not to disappoint Of course if it’s okay Maybe I’ll come along another day Thank you for the invitation But I cannot come along I have my macho image to protect And although you may deduce This is a terrible excuse I wouldn’t want my reputation wrecked For my street cred is my priority There’s no one to compare with me As far as I can see But so as not to disappoint Of course if it’s okay Maybe I’ll come along another day Thank you for the invitation But we cannot come along We already have a convocation planned And although you may deduce This is the ultimate excuse We’re sure Almighty God will understand For our synods are our priority There’s nothing to compare with them As far as we can see But so as not to disappoint Of course if it’s okay Maybe we’ll come along another day Oh yes we’d love to come along another day May we all come along another day? My friend maybe there’ll be no other day

Don’t give me verses I’ve seen blessings I’ve known curses They only add to my confusion What’s for real and what’s illusion Locked away inside myself I’m looking to break free In my painful night of crisis Will you be Christ to me? I’ve heard too many voices Had to make too many choices Too many trees to see the wood Couldn’t tell the bad from good Drifting deeper into debt I’m sinking in the sea In those desperate depths of crisis Will you be Christ to me? In my torment of despair Could there be some light down there to see? Can you bring Christ to me? Every moment crying Knowing every day I’m dying Haven’t got a hope in hell Got no faith, no wishing well Scared of death’s tomorrow Whatever that may be In my dark and fear-filled crisis Will you be Christ to me? In the hell of dark despair Could there be some light down there to see? Can you bring Christ to me? Don’t give me verses In the depths of crisis Just be Christ to me

In fear she slipped in silently Stood behind the man she loved Despised by all except for One She could never weep enough Her hair bedraggled falling down Wiped away His dirt and grime And as she wept her lips caressed And kissed away her many crimes And every tear was filled with love That blessed His weary feet As compassion reached beyond her sin To make forgiveness now complete To make forgiveness now complete The sweetness of her fragrance Filled the hostile atmosphere She didn’t care that every stare Condemned her every tear The broken vessel broken life Spoke only of her love To hear Him say “You’re mine today” Would surely be enough And every drop was filled with love That blessed His holy feet As compassion reached beyond her shame To make forgiveness now complete To make forgiveness now complete The hardened hearts around her Felt nothing for her Lord Self-satisfied they found their pride Could not receive His word The joy of every sin forgiven Was hers and hers alone Her humble act of worship brought No conviction of their own And every tear was filled with love That blessed His weary feet As compassion reached beyond her sin To make forgiveness now complete And every drop was filled with love That blessed His holy feet As compassion reached beyond her shame To make forgiveness now complete