Lyrics

KEEP YOUR FAITH
(John Tracy Publishing, ASCAP)

There is a young man in his room at night
Looking back through the days in his life
As he sits, with guitar in hand
He thinks of how his heart aches so
He gasps for breath with his head hung low
As he cries, he doesn?t understand

Soon he lets out a blatant plea
?Father, what?s the unforgiving deed
That destines a man to live a life alone
When I lay down at night to sleep
I try to justify these things I reap
But I can?t, it?s not what I?ve sown?

He thinks of all the Lord has done
All the beauty that?s soon to come
If he?ll only keep his hand firm at the plow
But the soil is hard, the field great length
He prays he?ll find the inner strength to push on
As he wipes the tears from his brow

He looks for a meaning in his existence
Why all the mountains he?s had to climb
Then a thought breaks through with persistence
God?s faithful message just in time

My child, forget the past
You?ve got to live for today
Don?t dwell on questions with answers unknown
If you?ll just ask, and if you keep your faith
I?ll comfort you, I?ll guide you
And when I return I?ll take you home

Now he?s twenty years older
His daughter cries out for him to hold her
Tears fill his eyes from the joy within
He sees the loneliness had a reason
God had a purpose in every season
Then he hears those words once again

My child, forget the past
You?ve got to live for today
Don?t dwell on questions with answers unknown
If you?ll just ask, and if you keep your faith
I?ll comfort you, I?ll guide you
And when I return I?ll take you home