Now Lord, what can I do for you? In a land where there's freedom to worship It was there that beauty creates that I should be born You gave me the breath of life and let me see the light of dawn And you gave me a father and a mother Who have stood in the breach for me through all of my shortcomings You did this when you might have turned away from my heart's door To cause your spirit to strife no more Now Lord, what can I do for you? Through the weary swift years of childhood Till I was a man I rejected your call Knowing that you gave your only begotten son To plea and to die on the cross at calvary That I might have eternal life And since that day long ago when
With tender mercy you saved my soul I've never called out your name except When I was in trouble sorrow and pain Yet you have showered me with blessings Even though I drifted away and grew cold Now Lord, what can I do for you? It's true, I've been wild, pleasured bent Unwilling to surrender all And now, my life is mostly spent Yet tonight you restored my soul You gave me a loving wife and the family of my own And I brought them shame My sins have caused them grief and pain I'm told But they loved and believed in me when I know to them it seemed in vain Yes, you are a merciful God to take me back again Now Lord, what can I do for you?