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LYNN BECKMAN: Hear Music

HE WAS PRAYING

(Writer: I. Lynn Beckman Artists: Lynn Beckman and Rick Beckman)
VERSE 1:
WITH SWEAT ON HIS FACE HE SHOOK THEM AWAKE
THAT NIGHT IN GETHSEMANE
HE SAID, “I THOUGHT I COULD COUNT ON YOU TO WATCH AND PRAY WITH ME”
“THE SPIRIT’S STRONG AND THE TIME HAS COME
BUT, OH, THE FLESH IS WEAK. PLEASE STAY AWAKE AND HELP ME PRAY
THIS CUP MIGHT PASS FROM ME.”
(To Chorus)

CHORUS:
HE WAS PRAYING
PRAYING
KNOWING IN HIS HEART HIS TIME HAD COME
HE WAS PRAYING
PRAYING
“FATHER, NOT MY WILL BUT THINE BE DONE.”

VERSE 2:
THREE TIMES IN A ROW ABOUT A STONE’S THROW
HE WENT ALONE TO PRAY
AND, EVERY TIME HE LEFT THEIR SIDES THEY COULD NOT STAY AWAKE
BUT, THEY REMEMBERED WELL THE WORDS THEY HEARD
AS THEY SLUMBERED BENEATH THE TREE
“FATHER, IF IT BE THY WILL LET THIS CUP PASS FROM ME.”
(To Chorus)

VERSE 3:
THEN, AT LAST, HE CAME AGAIN AND WOKE THEM FROM THEIR SLEEP.
HE SAID, “BEHOLD, THE HOUR IS COME –
THEY'RE COMING NOW FOR ME.”
AND, WITH A KISS FROM JUDAS’ LIPS THE SAVIOR WAS BETRAYED
THEY LED HIM AWAY, AND THEN THE NEXT DAY
THEY NAILED HIM TO THE TREE
(To Chorus)
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