Lyrics

Lazarus - A Friend of Jesus Christ
Elisabeth Genco 10/11 (ASCAP)

HE WAS NEVER KNOWN TO- STEP OUT OF A BOAT
AND WALK OUT ON THE WATER
HE NEVER FOUGHT IN A GREAT BATTLE
TO BE HAILED AS A MIGHTY WARRIOR
NOT MUCH WAS TOLD TO US ABOUT
THIS DEAR MAN LAZARUS
BUT ONE THING WE DO KNOW -
HE WAS A FRIEND OF JESUS CHRIST

SO WHAT WAS HE LIKE AS A BROTHER
WAS HE COURAGEOUS OR A LITTLE HEAD STRONG?
WHAT WAS IT LIKE TO WATCH HIM DIE
NO HOPE OF HEALING MADE THEM - QUESTION WHY
THEIR GOOD FRIEND JESUS - HAD TAKEN SO LONG TO COME
AND NOW THEY HAD TO PLACE LAZARUS INTO THE GROUND

WELL THE GOOD NEWS SPREAD QUICKLY
GOING FROM TOWN TO TOWN
THANKS TO THE LOVE AND POWER OF HIS GOOD FRIEND JESUS -
LAZARUS CAME FROM THE GROUND
BACK TO LIFE - NOW STANDING IN THE LIGHT
NEXT TO HIS GOOD FRIEND JESUS - THE LORD OF LIFE

SO THE ANSWER TO THEIR QUESTION WHY
WAS GIVEN TO THEM BY THE LORD OF LIFE
SHOWING HIS POWER OVER DEATH AND HIS POWER OVER LIFE
THANKS TO THE POWER AND THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST
WE TOO, LIKE LAZARUS, HAVE BEEN GIVEN
ANOTHER CHANCE AT LIFE

INTERLUDE

AND PERHAPS ONE DAY - WE'LL MEET UP WITH LAZARUS
AND WE'LL TELL HIM THAT WE TOO WERE FRIENDS OF HIS
THANKS TO JESUS CHRIST
PRAISING THE LORD OF LIFE WHO HAD THE POWER OVER DEATH
THANKS TO THE POWER AND THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST
THANKS TO THE LOVE OF CHRIST