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This way is paved with tears |
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Shed for two thousand years |
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Wrung from the saints sincere |
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Martyred and mourned |
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Spirit who scorched their veins |
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Burn in my bones the same |
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Bid me to earn their chains |
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And take the cross of my Lord, my Lord and |
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Chorus: |
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Give up the whole wide world |
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Give up the whole wide world |
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For my share of blessing and beauty and bloodshed |
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And wonders and woes |
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The wonders and woes of the narrow |
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Of the narrow |
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This way is eased with song |
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Sung where we don't belong |
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Sung till the weak are strong |
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And home with my Lord, my Lord |
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Repeat Chorus |
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Take my life |
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Pour me out |
