Gratitude

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude

Brother even

when the clouds turn gray

Hail comes around my way

or waves slam into my face

I’ll be giving Him the praise

forever and a day

Never ending cause he’s entitled

to every single grain

Even when the people around me

choose to reject Him

I will follow Christ and live out

my calling no question

To whom shall we go

He’s got the words of life

When He speaks

nourishment fills this soul deprived

When my soul is dying

He breathes in me

Dead bones now alive and

got this heart beating

Man I breathe easy

a profound peace in me

This well run dry transformed

into a sea easy

I live in a world

where it’s hard to find

Hope for humanity

and trust in mankind

I got philanthropic organizations

selling me lies

Claiming that the answer

really resides inside

What a sham

But You say that

with all of this chaos

And shambles we live-in

we find chandeliers in the dross

Looking for hope in the cross

when we’re exhausted and lost

That’s an answer

for any summer or fall

Winter or spring

we can’t deny that

different seasons will bring

Mourning joy

storms or a reason to sing

Still I’ll have reasons to smile

Cause I’ll have my solid

rock to lean on

when life gets all crazy and wild

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude

You put a soul beat on

with blank pages

and I will eat that

My hunger to decipher

what my God says is to be that

And to reconstruct the love

that has fallen off to the side

When I would compromise my life

with the bright flash of the lights

And I would pause reminded

by the spirit that dwells inside of me

The grace paid by blood by my Father

who fought and died for me

To resurrect again

so I could paint with a pen

And my portraits portray

how grace saved me from sin

When I was younger

I would try to complete the void

In my heart with a couple nice

dates & a couple walks by the park

Only to venture down a dark path

they never could last

Left me sitting with a broke past

that spoke like a trap

And I fell

you would think that

I would learn from my mistakes

Add another two months

and I'm back walking astray

This is back before I met Him

on a personal level

Now I follow a direction

like the keys on a treble

So let me slow it down once

while I gather my thoughts

The pattern I fought lost

cause I was bought

by the boss or the king

Happiness surrounds me in the ring

When I sing a couple songs

that expresses

all of the things that I feel

Lost in the love plus

I’m passionate to reach

the still lost through

Beat breaks and my languages

So I will sing despite

the mist and the rain

Cause I know that I don’t deserve it

but you love me the same

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude

I sing a simple song of praise to You

With a heart full of gratitude