You'll Never Judge Me That Way

HIS HOUSE WAS VERY SMALL
AND AS SHABBY AS COULD BE
HIS CLOTHES WERE FULL OF HOLES
AS WERE THE SHOES UPON HIS FEET
AND HIS TUMMY,HOW IT RUMBLED
AS HE TRIED TO GO TO SLEEP
IN A HOME SO FULL OF PEOPLE
WITH SO LITTLE FOOD TO EAT

SO HE ENDURED THE TAUNTING
AT THE BUS STOP AND AT SCHOOL
AND DAILY, HE WOULD WONDER
"WHY MUST CHILDREN BE SO CRUEL?"
AS HE KNEALT THERE IN THE DARKNESS
AT HIS BEDSIDE HE WOULD PRAY
"LORD,I AM JUST SO THANKFUL
YOU'LL NEVER JUDGE ME THAT WAY"

IN A FRONT YARD 'NEATH AN OLD OAK TREE
SAT ALONE,A HAPPY MAN
TALKING WITH HIMSELF
AND DRAWING PICTURES IN THE SAND
THO' HIS FACE SHOWED SIGNS OF AGING
HIS MIND,WAS LIKE THAT OF A CHILD
HE WAS GENTLE,PURE AND INNOCENT
HEART ,MIND AND BODY,UNDEFILED
WHILE HIS MOTHER ROCKED UPON THE PORCH
AND WATCHED HER BOY AT PLAY
HER NEIGHBORS PRETENDED NOT TO SEE
OR JUST COLDLY TURNED AWAY
WHEN HIS MAMA TUCKED HIM IN AT NIGHT
SHE WOULD BOW HER HEAD AND PRAY
"LORD,I AM JUST SO THANKFUL
YOU'LL NEVER JUDGE HIM THAT WAY

OH,THE MANY MISTAKES THAT I HAVE MADE
ALONG THE PATHWAY OF MY LIFE
ALL THE FRET AND FEARS OF A MOTHERS' HEART
SO MANY FAILINGS AS A WIFE
THE MANY FRIENDS THAT I LET DOWN
THE TIMES THAT I JUST DIDN'T TRY
THE BLESSING I COULD HAVE BEEN TO SOMEONE
OH,THE CHANCES THAT I LET SLIP BY
EACH TIME THAT I MERELY FOLLOWED ALONG
WHEN INSTEAD,I SHOULD HAVE LED
EACH TEAR IN MAMA AND DADDYS' EYES
AND EACH GRAY HAIR IN THEIR HEADS
BUT,I LAID THOSE HEAVY BURDENS DOWN
LONG AGO,WHEN I GOT SAVED
AND LORD,I AM JUST SO THANKFUL
YOU'LL NEVER JUDGE ME THAT WAY