Nicole Nordeman - Mercies New Lyrics

Is it fair to say I was lured away

by endless distractions and lovlier attractions then?

Or fairer still, my own free will

Is the better one to blame for this familiar mess I've made



So I would understand if You were out of patience

And I would understand if I were out of chances



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But Your mercies are new every morning

So let me wake with the dawn

And when the music is through, or so it seems to be

Let me sing a new song

Old things gone

Everyday is true You make all Your mercies new



The distance left between east and west

Is how far You would go to forgive the debt I owe

And thrown into the sea the wicked ways of me

Will never have a chance to walk back on the sand



So I would understand if You would make me pay

And I would understand lying in the bed I made again



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Up comes the sun on everyone of us

Gone, gone, gone the guilt and shame that knew your name



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