Ray Boltz - 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 walk 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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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 worshipers there, No joyful worship songs,
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I stood there with my children in the midst of angry men,
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Then I heard the crowd cry out
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Let's Crucify Him.

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We tried to leave the city, but we could not get away,
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Forced to play in this drama, a part I did not want 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 hear his angry voice, screaming at the crowd,

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Then someone said there's Jesus, 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, 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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Till 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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So I knelt and took, the cross from the Lord,
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I put 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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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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The 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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Then I said dear children watch the lamb,