Watch the Lamb {From Watch the Lamb}

Walking on the road to Jerusalem

The time had come to sacrifice again

My two small sons,

They walked beside me on the road

The reason that they came

Was to watch the lamb



CHORUS: Daddy, daddy what will we see there?

There's so much we don't understand

So I told them of Moses

And Father Abraham

And then I said,

Dear children, Watch the lamb





For there will be so many

In Jerusalem today

We must be sure the lamb

Doesn't run away

And I told them of Moses

And Father Abraham

And then I said,

Dear children, Watch the lamb





When we reached the city

I knew something must be wrong

There were no joyful worshippers

No joyful worship songs

I stood there with my children

In the midst of angry men

And then I heard the crowd cry out,

Crucify Him





We tried to leave the city

But we could not get away

Forced to play in this drama,

A part I did not wish to play

Why upon this day

Were men condemned to die?

Why were we standing here

Where soon they would pass by?





I look and said, Even now they come

The first one cried for mercy,

The people gave him none

The second one was violent,

He was arrogant and loud

I still can hear his angry voice

Screaming at the crowd





Then someone said, There's Jesus!

And I scarce believed my eyes

A man so badly beaten,

He barely looked alive

Blood poured from His body,

From the thorns upon His brow

Running down the cross

And falling to the ground





I watched Him as He struggled

I watched Him as He fell

The cross came down upon His back,

The crowd began to yell

In that moment I felt such agony

In that moment I felt such loss

Until a Roman soldier grabbed my arm

And screamed, You, carry His cross!





At first I tried to resist him

Then his hand reached for his sword

And so I knelt and took

The cross from the Lord

I placed it on my shoulder

And started down the street

The blood that He'd been shedding

Was running down my cheek





They led us to Golgotha

They drove nails

Deep in His feet and hands

An yet upon the cross

I heard Him pray, Father forgive them

Oh, never have I seen such love

In any other eyes

Into they hands I commit My spirit,

He prayed and then He died





I stood for what seemed like years

I'd lost all sense of time

Until I felt two tiny hands

Holding tight to mine

My children stood there weeping

I heard the oldest say

Father, please forgive us

The lamb ran away





Daddy, daddy what have we seen here?

There's so much

That we don't understand

So I took them in my arms

And we turned and faced the cross

And then I said,

Dear children, watch the Lamb