Walking on the road to The time had come to sacrifice My two small sons, they beside me on the road The reason that they came was to watch the
And they said, "Daddy, Daddy, will we see there? There's so much we don't understand" And so I told them of Moses and Abraham Then I said, "Dear children, the lamb"
will be so many in Jerusalem today We be sure the lamb doesn't run away And I told them of and father Abraham I said, "Dear children, watch the lamb"
When we reached the city, I knew something must be There no joyful worshipers there, no joyful worship songs And I there with my children in the midst of angry men Then I heard the crowd cry out, crucify Him
We tried to leave the city but we could not get Forced to play in drama, a part I did not wish to play Why this day were men condemned to die? Why we standing here where soon they would pass by?
I looked and said, now they come The first one for mercy, the people gave him none The second one was violent and he was arrogant and I still here his angry voice screaming at the
Then someone said, "There's Jesus", I scarce my eyes A man so badly beaten, He looked alive poured from His body, from the thorns upon His brow Running down the Cross, to the ground
I watched as He struggled, I Him when He fell The cross down upon His back, the crowd began to yell In that moment I felt such agony, in that I felt such loss Till a Roman grabbed my arm and screamed "You, His cross"
At I tried to resist him, then his hand reached for his sword So I knelt and took the Cross the Lord I put it on my shoulder and we started down the The blood that he'd shedding was running down my cheek
They led us to Golgotha, they drove nails deep in His and hands Yet upon the Cross I heard Him pray, "Father, them" Never have I seen such love in any other "Into Thy hands I my spirit", He prayed and then He died
I stood for what seemed like years, I'd lost all of time Until I felt two hands holding tight to mine The children stood weeping, I heard the oldest say "Father forgive us, the lamb ran away"
"Daddy, daddy, what have we here? There's so that we don't understand?" So I took them in my arms and we turned and the Cross I said, "Dear children watch the lamb"