Brought up in the church against your will
Forced to sit through sermons and be still
Making trouble for the Sunday school teacher running through the pews
Just a child and you were wide eyed and confused
Screaming on the bus with all the youth
And more concerned with dating than with truth
Too cool to join the choir, too smart to go school
Church was boring and the scriptures just more rules
But all through the years your open eyes and ears
Saw just enough of Christ among the people here
To know what you could trust, to know that you were loved
Until there came the day your heart could finally say
I want to go where You were going, Lord
I want to be among Your people where You are
I cannot live my life alone, I don't know how
But You would not bring me this far to leave me now
Finally off to college for the fall
Fifty different lifestyles down one hall
Your professors question everything, your roommates test your faith
And easy answers seam so out of place
Running from the chapel with your spouse
And making monthly payments on the house
You were living for your children and they up and moved away
Your friends seem older and worry fills your days
But all through the years your open eyes and ears
Saw just enough of Christ among the people here
To know what you could trust, to know that you were loved
Until there came the day your heart could finally pray
I want to go where You are going, Lord
I want to be among Your people where You are
I cannot live my life alone, I don't know how
But You would not bring me this far to leave me now
You would not bring me this far to leave me now