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Growing Young
Rich Mullins
Matthew 19:13-14/Luke 15:11-24
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I've gone so far from my home
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I've seen the world and I have known so many secrets
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I wish now I did not know
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'Cause they have crept into my heart
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They have left it cold and dark, and bleeding, bleeding and falling apart


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And everybody used to tell me big boys don't cry
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Well I've been around enough to know that that was the lie
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That held back the tears in the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons
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Well we are children no more, we have sinned and grown old
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And our Father still waits and He watches down the road
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To see the crying boys come running back to His arms
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And be growing young
I've seen silver turn to dross, I've seen the very best there ever was
And I'll tell you it ain't worth what it costs
And I remember my Father's house
What I wouldn't give right now, just to see Him
And hear Him tell me that He loves me so much


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...To see the crying boys come running back to His arms
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And when I thought that I was all alone
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It was Your voice I heard calling me back home
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And I wonder now Lord, what was it made me wait so long
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And what kept You waiting for me all that time
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Was Your love stronger than my foolish pride?
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Will You take me back, take me back and let me be Your child?
'Cause I've been broken now, I've been saved
I've learned to cry and I've learned how to pray
And I'm learning, I'm learning even I can be changed


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...And be growing young, growing young
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Words and music by Rich Mullins and Beaker
© 1992 Edward Grant, Inc. (ASCAP)