Thursday, March 20, 2008

When He Was on the Cross (I Was on His Mind)

I’M NOT ON AN EGO TRIP
I’M NOTHING ON MY OWN
I MADE MISTAKES I OFTEN SLIP
JUST COMMON FLESH AND BONES
BUT I’LL PROVE SOMEDAY JUST WHY I SAY
I’M OF A SPECIAL KIND
FOR WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS
I WAS ON HIS MIND.


THE LOOK OF LOVE WAS ON HIS FACE
THORNS WERE ON HIS HEAD
THE BLOOD WAS ON HIS SCARLET ROBE
STAINED A CRIMSON RED
THOUGH HIS EYES WERE ON THE CROWD THAT DAY
HE LOOKED AHEAD IN TIME
FOR WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS
I WAS ON HIS MIND.


CHORUS:
HE KNEW ME, YET HE LOVED ME
HE WHOSE GLORY MAKES THE HEAVENS SHINE
SO UNWORTHY OF SUCH MERCY
YET WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS
I WAS ON HIS MIND.


YET WHEN HE WAS ON THE CROSS
I WAS ON HIS MIND.

1 comment:

Natalia said...

I love this!

~Natalia Worthington
(your old soprano singing partner)