TO MY DEAREST FRIEND

HOW CAN I THANK YOU FOR BEING SO GOOD?
TO ME YOU HAVE DONE GREAT THINGS AS YOU WOULD.
YOU MENDED MY HEART THAT WAS HARD AS WOOD,
PROVIDE ME WITH ALL THINGS, EVEN MY FOOD.

I ONCE IN THE DARK, ALWAYS GROPING;
NOT KNOWING WHAT SIN AND DEATH ARE BRINGING.
DESTROYING ME INCH BY INCH, NOT FAILING;
TILL I WAS WRECHED AND MY SOUL DYING.

YOU FOUND ME AND CAME TO MY LIFE ONE DAY.
AND WITH OPEN ARMS YOU SHOWED ME THE WAY.
NOW I HAVE THE EYES THAT SEE AND LIPS THAT PRAY.
AND I SING YOUR PRAISES ALL NIGHT AND DAY.

MY FRIEND, MY REDEEMER AND MY LORD GOD
YOU’RE EVERYTHING TO ME EVEN MY DAD.
I LONG FOR YOU TOUCH THAT MAKES ME SO GLAD.
LET YOUR SPIRIT DEFEND ME LIKE A FLOOD.

YOU ALONE ARE GOD, THERE’S NONE BESIDE YOU.
MADE HEAVEN AND EARTH AND ALL THINGS IN VIEW.
ALL CREATION SERVE YOU, AND ANGELS TOO.
LET THEM OBEY AND YOUR GLORY PURSUE.