Prayer For You

1993 COPYRIGHT
BY PETER CHRISTOPHER RAYMOND
(FOR LINDA)

YOUR HEART IS A PENDULUM
YOU WERE HAPPY YESTERDAY IN FELLOWSHIP
BUT SATAN LOCKS YOU TIGHTLY IN HIS GRIP
WHERE WILL YOUR HEART BE WHEN JESUS COMES
WHY HAS SADNESS FILLED YOUR DAYS
WHO DO YOU FOOL WITH YOUR JOYOUS DISPLAYS
WHEN TROUBLE MELTS IN YOUR PEDDULUM SWAYS
I MISS YOU ON MY SUNDAYS

IN LORD CHRIST YOU WERE SAVED
I CAN'T BELIEVE WHEN YOU DESCRIBE TO ME
HOW YOU NEVER USED TO LOVE AND USED TO BEHAVE
AND NOW YOU THINK AND SAY YOU'RE FREE
AFTER YOU'VE BEEN CHANGED SO RADICALLY
I DON'T WANT TO THINK HOW YOU SPEND YOUR SATURDAYS
NOW YOU'RE OUTSIDE THE KINGDOM AND HURTING
IN YOUR HEART THE BURDEN OF GUILT IS BURNING
YOU'RE REACHING OUT FOR COMFORT BUT WHERE ARE YOU TURNING
YOU'RE CHANGED BUT IT'S PAINFUL AND YOU'RE UNCERTAIN
YOU LOOK FOR THE ANSWERS
YOU TRAVEL A WELL-TRAVELLED PATH TO THE DEMON'S LAIR
WHICH JAMES WITH TRAFFIC IN TIMES OF FEAR AND DESPAIR
WHEN SALVATION HANGS DELICATELY ON PRAYER
I HAVE FAITH YOU'RE GOING TO SWITCH GEARS
AND THE KEY TO JOY AND SALVATION WILL BECOME CLEAR

YOU START TO DESCRIBE YOUR HAPPINESS IN PAST TENSE
AND IN YOUR SIN YOUR DESTRUCTIVE DECISIONS MAKE SENSE
I DON'T WISH FOR YOU A PAINFUL CONSEQUENCE
BUT RIGHT NOW YOU'VE PUT YOUR HEART IN SUSPENSE
YET YOU HAVE THE BLESSING OF CLOSE FRIENDSHIP TIES
LOVE CAN PUT YOU PAST THE DARKNESS YOU DENY
YOUR SPEECH IS THICK AND BREATHY SO I KNOW WHEN YOU CRY
I KNOW YOU WELL SO IT SHOULD COME TO YOU AS NO SUPRISE