I AM MY ONLY SHEEP
I FELT THE CALL OF GOD SO STRONG UPON MY HEART
I SET OUT TO BUILD A CHURCH AND TRY TO DO MY PART
THE WALLS, THEY WENT UP SLOWLY
BECAUSE I LABORED ALL ALONE
BUT I KNEW WHEN IT WAS FINISHED
THE CROWDS WOULD SURLY COME
FROM MY CONGREGATION I NEVER HEAR A PEEP
CAUSE l AM MY ONLY SHEEP
I STOOD BEHIND THE PULPIT A WAITING FOR THE FLOCK
MY HEART BEGAN TO SINK WHEN I LOOKED AT THE CLOCK
IT WAS NEAR 10:30, THEY KNEW WE MEET AT 10:00
THEN I SAID TO JESUS, O’ NO PLEASE NOT AGAIN
IF MY SERMON IS KIND OF BORING SOMETIMES I FALL ASLEEP
I AM MY ONLY SHEEP
WELL THE CONGREGATION I SEEN WAS MIGHTY SMALL
SO I HUNG ME MIRRORS ALL AROUND THE WALL
IT’S BEEN THIS WAY 2 YEARS NOW
AND NO ONE EVER CALLS
I THINK THERE OUT AT MOVIES
OR MAYBE SHOPPING MALLS
AT THE FOOT WASHING SERVICE I HAD TO WASH THEM BOTH
CAUSE I AM MY ONLY SHEEP
WHEN I TOOK ATTENDANCE; THERE WAS ONLY ONE
THEN I COUNTED THE OFFERING; AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS NONE
THE LORD, HE SPOKE UNTO ME
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID
I’M GOING TO POUR MY SPIRIT OUT
RIGHT UPON YOUR HEAD
THEN HE SAID UNTO ME “YOU MUST NEVER DOUBT OR FEAR
NUMBERS I’M NOT COUNTING, IT’S HEARTS THAT I HOLD DEAR”
I GAVE THE ALTER CALL AND TO THE FRONT I CAME
I LAID MY OWN HANDS ON ME, AND BY HIS SPIRIT I WAS SLAIN
LORD I HAD A GREAT TIME, THIS SUNDAY WAS THE BEST
HOWEVER, IF I COULD MAKE OF YOU, JUST THIS ONE REQUEST
IF YOU COULD PLEASE LORD, ONLY THIS ONE TIME
NEXT WEEK LORD, KEEP ALL THE PEOPLE HOME
SO WE CAN MEET NEXT SUNDAY, HERE AGAIN, ALONE
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