It’s bad all around us
People run around as if lawless
Sin is everywhere
Goodness is very rare
Sometimes I get upset
With drivers whom I’ve met
Who drive with abandon.
Break the law when they are done.
We have to be strong
Because before too long.
It will be worse than this
The other life we will miss.
In order for things to change on our watch
We have to be really, really in touch
With the one who is in charge of today,
And tomorrow and the next day.
Those who want to stand up for the right
Need to be outspoken and not out of sight
God has given us courage and great power
To stand in the gap in this very hour.
I’m so glad I chose to be
One of those that you can see
That is not hiding in the alley
And on me you can tally
Forever is a long, long time
And I may never have a thin dime
But I’m more concerned about my heart
Than being really, really smart.
I will not take the law into my hand
But I will not back down from where I stand
I pray for the courage I need each day
To be the person and that person to stay
We are losing our freedom because of the bad
This makes me very, very sad
Soon we will have to beg to be free
And do it alone down on one knee
Freedom is never really free
Someone will always pay a fee.
Help me, Lord to pay what I need
I’m in till the end and I’ve planted my seed.
I will never give up on the right
Until I’m really out of sight
Stand with me and I ask of you all
Freedom will be fleeting if we don’t answer the call.
