Lili Haydn

Jesu, joy of man's desiring
Holy wisdom, love most bright
Drawn by Thee, our souls aspiring
Soar to uncreated light
Word of God, our flesh that fashioned
With the fire of life impassioned
Striving still to truth unknown
Soaring, dying round Thy throne

Down, while you're diggin' down
dig a little deeper
No way to get around
We're all in this together
Pretty teenage baby has a baby of her own
no one to talk to, she's got no place to turn
Ain't like she's asking or looking for a free ride
She strips for stranger to keep her baby satisfied

and Stranger, stranger things have happened
goodness brings a chain reaction
liberate me from inaction
stranger, stranger things have happened

Sometimes I don't really know
how I make a difference
Smack dab in the river bed
Next door to the living dead
Smack dab in the river bed
I opened up my heart and listened
Speeding down the highway, sister shared her thoughts with me
and for an hour we even shared a destiny
Her baby's father loves her with brutality
She had a dream God came down and set her free

and Stranger, stranger things have happened
goodness brings a chain reaction
liberate me from inaction
stranger, stranger things have happened

the many times I have tried
to live on easy street and been denied
you see me cry, oh Lord
swim against the tide, oh Lord
when I have been denied

for every target I have missed
for every angel I have kissed
you see me try, oh Lord
to be satisfied, oh Lord
when I have been denied

and I've been furious
and I have accepted it
and have feared my fate
and I've rejected it
and I have lied my Lord
but mostly deep inside my Lord
when I have been denied

and I've been arrogant
and I have been atheist
and I have sung your praise
with my seductive twist
it was just my pride, my Lord
made me want to hide, my Lord
it's you that's been denied
yes it has been you that I've denied