WHO WAS THIS MAN by C McGinnis

WHO WAS THIS MAN WHO WALKED THIS EARTH
IT IS AN AGE OLD STORY
WHY DID HE START FROM LOWLY BIRTH
TO LEAVE IN GOD'S OWN GLORY

WHY DID HE COME TO LIVE WITH MAN
AND SUFFER ALL THE PAIN
YET KNEW OUR FEARS AND SAID WE CAN
FACE THE FEARS AGAIN

HE SAID HE CAME TO SET US FREE
FROM ALL OUR TOIL AND STRIFE
HE SAID HE'D DIE FOR YOU AND ME
AND BRING ETERNAL LIFE

HE WAS SO GENTLE AND SO FAIR
FOR MANKIND HE DID LOVE
HE TAUGHT US HOW TO LOVE AND SHARE
WITH GUIDANCE FROM ABOVE

BUT MAN DID HATE AND FIGHT AND KILL
AND TURNED AGAINST HIM SO
HE CRIED FOR US AGAINST HIS WILL
WITH PAIN WE COULD NOT KNOW

BUT THEN NO ONE WOULD TRY TO SEE
THE THINGS HE TRIED TO DO
AND SO THEY NAILED HIM TO A TREE
TO DIE FOR ME AND YOU

BUT AS HE DIED, HE SAID TO MAN
"DON'T CRY FOR ME THIS WAY
FOR I SHALL SURELY COME AGAIN
BE READY FOR THAT DAY"