A friend of pleasure that I count all gain
A soul of leisure that yields no pain
A fragment of time I haven't shared in vain
A friend that I've loved still the same
A counselor of woe out of a troublesome mind
A caresser of feelings, that is soothing and kind
A friend in a billion, I think you'll find
That eases all worries, time after time,
A solitary place, where I can go to be free
With me, with my Friend, on bended knee
A fashionable place where I go to be free
Where I sit with my friend, and he hears me.
A safer place, I have not found
With my head buried close to the ground
A silent whisper can still the sound
Where still and quietness, is heard all around,
A quiet disregard, of the world and its ways
A fortunate time, in these last final days
My friend will help me, keep the world all away
So my friend will keep by me, and together we'll stay
And in my quietness I see his face on that hill
The face of my Lord, loving me still
Knowing the pain, that he paid in full my bill
And knowing inside, it was my Fathers will
So captivated and fooled by the world and its wrong
Thinking and believing it was where I belonged
Untill I heard of the Lord, of him dying on that tree
A sacrifice of sovereignty, and he did it all for me
He called me to him, as he did love me so
He called, and he called me, and did not let me go
And now the blood has covered, the seeds, the world has sown
And the knowledge of his love, has indeed been made known.
Oh sure, a selfish life indeed was led
The harsh words that I had spoken, and the things that I had said
A cold and weary heart, was ruled by my head
And the sins of my life indeed, I had surely fed
So cold and weary, and sick and sore
My heart wasn't filled, and wanted all the more
Blinded by my sin, scrambling on the floor,
Until I heard a knocking, and scrambled to find the door
And that is when I saw the light, as I asked him to come in
The Lord of Heaven, and of Earth, had covered all my sin,
And I saw him in his fullness, with Glory all around
And I stood still for one moment,,,,, and hardly made a sound
And so when I speak with my heart open wide
I see my friend there, and in him I confide,
He'll always be there, and in my heart he'll abide
Of course I'll always know, that for me he chose and died
And I know he became alive, as he lives within my heart
And I know he'll never leave me, or decide, to depart
His love is engraved deep, within, inside my heart
And now I know I have to stop, so that Jesus can make a start.
