You said you’d come and share all my sorrows

You said you’d be there for all my tomorrows

I came so close from sending you away

But just like you promised

You came here to stay

I just had to pray

 

And Jesus said, “Come to the water

Stand by my side

I know you are thirsty

You won’t be denied

I felt every teardrop

When in darkness you cried

And I strive to remind you

For those tears I died.”

 

Your goodness so great I can’t understand

And dear lord I know that this was all planned

I know your here now, and always will be

Your love loosed my chains and in you  am free

But, Jesus, Why me?

 

And Jesus said, “Come to the water

Stand by my side

I know you are thirsty

You won’t be denied

I felt every teardrop

When in darkness you cried

And I strove to remind you

That for those tears I died.”

 

Marsha Stevens (1952- ), 1969.