You Give the Song

You give the words and the mouth and the voice

the tongue and the breath to sing and rejoice

You give the rhythm with every heart beat

You give the melody- the song is complete.

So with hearts and voices your anthem we raise

We sing of your glory - we sing out your praise!

You give the reason and the music you make

So if I am silent, it's for silence's sake

In the tillness of prayer my heart still rings

For you hear each song my heart learns to sing.

So with hearts and voices your anthem we raise

We sing of your glory - we sing out your praise!

You are the reason that we sing each song

You make the music and the world sings along

Voices all over the world now shall blend

While there is a song, the prayer shall not end!

So with hearts and voices your anthem we raise

We sing of your glory - we sing out your praise!

September 3, 1990

Anthony Foster