you have to be there

Singer: boyle, susan

what is it lord that you want

that i am not seeing?

what in my ignorant prayers

am i failing to say?

never before have i questioned the truth of your being

never once have i dared

never until today

all of a tremble

i stand on the edge of confusion

who is to save me

if into the darkness i fall?

now that i need more than ever my god to be near me

do you hear when i call?

are you there after all?

you have to be there

you have to

my life i have placed in thy keep

and without you i am drifting

on a dark and stormy sea

you have to be there

you have to

without you i'd drown in the deep

too far

too far from land

the waters drag me down

i reach for your hand

and when i die who will open his arms to receive me?

who will forgive me and take me and show me his face?

when i have gone to my rest

will you watch me and wake me?

when my time comes at last

will you grant me your grace?

i am so small on this earth

i am nothing without you

daring to doubt you at all is a knife through my heart

little by little i'm losing my way in the shadows

i am losing my hope and the world falls apart

you have to be there

you have to

my life i have placed in thy keep

and without you i am drifting

on a dark and stormy sea

you have to be there

you have to

without you i'd drown in the deep

too far

too far from land

the waters drag me down

i reach for your hand

you have to be there

you have to

too far

too far from land

the waters drag me down

i reach for your hand

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Lyric Context: you have to be there - boyle, susan