Andrew Peterson

Come, Lord Jesus

Andrew Peterson


Tonight in the line of the merchandise store 
While they were packing up my bags 
I saw the pictures of the prophets of the picket signs 
Screaming, "God hates fags" 

And it feels like the church isn't anything more 
Then the second coming of the Pharisees 
Scrubbing each other 'til their tombs are white 
They chisel epitaphs of piety 

Oh, there's a burning down inside of me 
'Cause the battle seems so lost 
And it's raging on so silently 
We forget it's being fought 

So, Amen 
Come, Lord Jesus 
Amen 
Oh, Amen 
Come Lord Jesus 
Amen 

It's taken me years in the race just to get this far 
Still there is no end in sight, 
There's no end in sight 
'Cause I've carried my cross into dens of the wicked 
And you know I blended in just fine 

Well, I'm weak and I'm weary of breaking His heart 
With they cycle of my sin, of my sin 
Still He turns His face to me and I kiss it 
Just to betray Him once again 

Well, I've got oceans down inside of me 
I can feel the billows roll 
With the mercy that comes thundering 
O'er the waters of my soul 

So, Amen 
Come, Lord Jesus 
Amen 
Oh, Amen 
Come, Lord Jesus 
Amen 

Tonight in the light of the gathering rain 
I could hear creation groan 
And a sigh rose up from the streets of the city 
To the foot of Heaven's throne 

Oh, and the people hear the sound of a sweet refrain 
An absolution in the fray, in the fry 
It tells of the death of the one for the lives of the many 
More than any picket sign could say 

So, Amen 
Come, Lord Jesus 
Amen 
Oh, Amen 
Come, Lord Jesus 
Amen