Lyrics

Poor Refugee
© 2005 kate laurel smith, kate laurel publishing/ASCAP


Well, the path that you have laid for me
Hasn?t been the path I?ve made
I have traveled, I have stumbled and strayed

Will I ford a deeper river
Will I swim an ocean wide?
All I know is I want you by my side

And though the rains have beat me down
Never once have I drowned
You?re an island of refuge for me
And in the cradle of your arms
From the danger and the harm
I have hidden myself, a poor refugee

O the light is slowly fading
On this road I call my home
And I?ve miles to go before I come home

To that mountain by the sea side
With diamonds on the beach
O I know that you will wait there for me

We?ll fly above the clouds,
All my worries, all my doubt
Heaven is waiting for me
Like the angels taking flight
All the shadows of my night
Will leave me and I will be free

And though the rains have beat me down
Never once have I drowned
You?re an island of refuge for me
And in the cradle of your arms
From the danger and the harm
I have hidden myself, a poor refugee