Ken Helser - Watch The Lamb lyrics

Ray Boltz Walking down the road to Jerusalem Time had come to sacrifice once again My two small sons walked beside me on the way And the reason that they came was to watch the lamb 'Daddy, Daddy, what will we see here today? There's so much that we don't understand...' Then I told them about Moses, Father Abraham Then I said dear children, watch the lamb There will be so many in Jerusalem today We must be sure that lamb doesn't run away Then I told them about Moses, Father Abraham Then I said dear children, watch the Lamb When we reached the city I knew something must be wrong There were no joyful worshippers, There were no happy worship songs So I stood there with my children Amongst the sound of angry men Then I heard the crowds cry out "Crucify Him!" We tried to leave the city, but we couldn't get away We were forced to play in a drama A part we never wanted to play Because why upon this day were those men condemned to die Why were we standing there when soon they would pa** by I looked and I said "My God children, even now they come." The first man cried for mercy, but the crowds they gave him none The second man was violent, he was arrogant, he was loud I can still hear his angry voice screaming at the crowd Then someone said, "Hey, there's Jesus!" I could scarce believe my eyes A man so badly beaten that he barely looked alive The blood flowed from His body From the thorns upon His brow It spilled down on the cross and poured out on the ground I watched Him as he stumbled, I watched Him as He fell They laid a cross on His back and the crowds began to yell I'd never known such agony, never known such loss Till a Roman soldier grabbed my arm and he said "Hey you. You! Carry His cross!" I tried to resist him, but his hand reached for his sword So I knelt and I took the cross of my Lord They laid it on my shoulder and I started down the street And the blood that He'd been shedding trickled down my cheek Then we reached Golgotha They drove nails in His feet and His hands And even there on a cross He said, "Father, forgive them." I'd never known such love in any other eyes "Into thy hands I commit my spirit." He prayed and He died. I stood there for what seemed like years - I lost all track of time Till I felt these tiny hands reaching out to mine My children stood there weeping when I heard the oldest say "Daddy, please forgive us. That little lamb... it ran away." "Daddy, daddy, what have we seen here today? There's so much we can't understand." So I took my children in my arms And I turned them toward the cross And I said, "Dear children. There's the Lamb." (c)1986 Shepherd Boy Music/ASCAP