Watch The Lamb

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Walking on the road to Jerusalem
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The time had come to sacrifice again
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My two small sons, they walked beside me on the road
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The reason that they came was to watch the Lamb

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Daddy, daddy what will we see there?
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There's so much that we don't understand
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So I told them of Moses and Father Abraham
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And then I said, Dear children watch the lamb

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For there will be so many in Jerusalem today
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We must be sure the Lamb doesn't run away
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And I told them of Moses and Father Abraham
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Then I said, Dear children watch the Lamb

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When we reached the city I knew something must be wrong
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There were no joyful worshippers no joyful worship songs
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I stood there with my children in the midst of angry men
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And then I heard the crowd cry out: Let's crucify him

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We tried to reach the city, but we could not get away
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Forced to play in this drama, a part I did not wish to play
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   Why upon this day were men condemned to die?
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   Why were we standing here where soon they would pass by?

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I looked and said, even now they come
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The first one cried for mercy, the people gave him none
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The second one was violent, he was arrogant and loud
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I still can hear his angry voice screaming at the crowd

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Then someone said there's Jesus and I scarce believed my eyes
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A man so badly beaten he barely looked alive
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Blood poured from his body from the thorns upon his brow
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Running down the cross and falling to the ground

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I watched him as he struggled I watched him as he fell
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The cross came down upon his back, the crowd began to yell
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In that moment I felt such agony, in that moment I felt such loss
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Until a Roman soldier grabbed my arm and screamed: You, carry his cross!

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At first I tried to resist him then his hand reached for his sword
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And so I knelt and took the cross from the Lord
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Placed it on my shoulder and started down the street
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The blood that he'd been shedding was running down my cheek

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They led us to Golgotha they drove nails deep in his feet and hands
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And yet upon the cross I heard him pray, "Father forgive them"
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Oh, never have I seen such love in any other eyes
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Into thy hands I commit my spirit he prayed and then he died

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I stood for what seemed like years I'd lost all sense of time
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Until I felt two tiny hands holding tight to mine
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My children stood there weeping, I heard the oldest say
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Father please forgive us the Lamb ran away

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Daddy, daddy, what have we seen here?
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There's so much that we don't understand
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So I took them in my arms and we turned and faced the cross
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And then I said, Dear children watch the Lamb