Words and Music by Ginny Owens: BMG Songs, Inc. (Gospel Division)/Above The
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Rim Music (Administered by BMG Songs, Inc.) (ASCAP)
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I could travel over oceans, cross the deserts, climb the mountains
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Just to share Your story, bring You glory, and win souls for You.
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AND I could sing like an angel, songs so humble and so thankful
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Full of drama and emotion, so the world would know Your truth.
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I could give away my money and my clothes and my food
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To restore those people who are poor, AND lost, and down-and-out.
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Oh, I could succeed at all these things,
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Find favor with peasants and kings,
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But if I do not love, I am nothing.
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I could live a flawless life,
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Never cheat or steal or lie,
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And always speak so kindly, smile SO warmly, and go about doing good.
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I could dedicate myself to do what everyone else wants me to-
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Listen to them, compliment them, say the things I should.
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I could show up every Sunday, lead the Choir and Bible Study
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And they all might come to know me as a leader and a friend.
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Oh, I could achieve success on Earth, but success cannot define my worth
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And all these actions, all these words, THEY will not matter in the end-
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Chorus:
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CAUSE Songs will fade to silence,
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Stories, they will cease.
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The dust will settle, covering all my selfless deeds.
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So as I strive to serve You,
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Won't You make it clear to me,
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THAT If I do not love, I am nothing.
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Bridge:
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AND If I cannot live my life loving my brother,
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Then how can I love the One who lived His life for me?
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OH, Sent to Earth from Heaven,
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Humble Servant, Holy King,
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Come to share a story, get no glory, and save my searching soul,
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You knew that I'd deny You, crucify You, but nothing could stop You from
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living for me, dying for me, so that I would know-
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Chorus:
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THAT Songs will fade to silence,
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Stories they will cease,
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The dust will settle covering ALL MY selfless deeds.
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But Your life here has made it clear enough for me to see
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That if I do not love, I am nothing
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I Am Nothing
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Ginny Owens |