From the recording Uptown
Lyrics
TELL ME TO LEAVE, TELL ME TO GO
BUILD ME AN OPEN DOOR
YOU ONCE TOLD ME WHY, YOU ONCE LET ME KNOW
WHAT YOU GOT ME HANGING AROUND FOR
YOU TELL PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THEY DON’T WANNA DO
SOMETIMES BEING IN YOUR WILL MEANS I DON’T HAVE A CLUE
AND I KNOW YOU GAVE ME ONE BIG LIGHT TO SHINE ON YOU
AND I KNOW THAT IT’S MY FAULT IF I CHOOSE NOT TO
THOSE WHO REGARD WORTHLESS IDOLS FORSAKE THEIR OWN MERCY
BUT I SACRIFICE TO YOU
WITH A VOICE OF THANKSGIVING I’LL PAY WHAT I’VE VOWED
I WON’T RUN AWAY SALVATION IS OF THE LORD
I CRY TO THE LORD IN MY AFFLICTION
OUT OF THE BELLY OF SHEOL I CRIED
AND YOU HEARD MY VOICE FOR YOU CAST ME INTO THE DEEP
INTO THE HEART OF THE SEAS
AND YOUR WAVES SURROUNDED ME
AND I SAID I HAVE BEEN CAST OUT OF YOUR SIGHT
YET I WILL LOOK AGAIN UNTO YOUR TEMPLE
AND YOU WILL RISE ME UP AND GIVE ME LIFE
SOMETIMES YOU STRUGGLE WITH YOUR DESTINY
YOU DIDN’T CHOOSE IT, SO WHY WAS IT CHOSEN FOR YOU
TO TRUST AND OBEY, THEY SAY
THERE’S NO OTHER WAY TO BE HAPPY IN JESUS
AND I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE I WILL NOT LET GO
I WILL NOT LET GO OF THIS PLOW