Lord I pray my soul for you too keep.
I've been so far away
I sought on every side of me
yet I found no friends for me to grasp.
I looked up above and down below
but was too ashamed to tell you so.
I slipped down and I cried
and still not a soul was there to comfort me.
I wept until the evening dark
turned into the morning dawn.
I shiver in the morning coolness
with an empty heart so full of shame
Now Father, I come before you
I thank Thee Lord, for you have watched
and held me through it all.
The gift of life you breathed into my soul
forever will I cherish