When It's Time To Go

Nothing new in this old town

The sun comes up and heads back down

Working hard from dawn to dusk again

Seventeen and a heart for change

The byways calling out His name

But not yet, there's too much going on

Daddy needs a hand and mama's tender heart

Might crumble to the ground

Though they'd understand He felt like saying

When it's time to go

You've got to let Me go away and face the world

Say goodbye, cry some tears, but don't worry

When I hit the city

I'll build you a house

Right down the street from Mine

Have some faith in Me and I'll show you why

Some years later late one night

He came in trying to dry His eyes

He realized what he was born to do

He said I'll always be your son

And I know you know what's going on

It's the hardest thing to think of leaving you

But this world needs a hand

And I've got just the thing they need to make it through

It's so clear to me & though I know what's coming'

And as they tore His flesh like animals

There were those I know who felt Him say'