PETER'S SONG

words and music Jamie MacKay copyright 1997

i want to sing Your praises i want to lift Your name i want to sing forever i want to be Your son i want to be Yours for always You'll be the only one i want to sing Your praises i want to be Yours

russian life was hard stalin's hand was cold as iron peter grew up fast in a land of self reliance but when he turned sixteen he heard about a man named Jesus his life would change forever more on that cold moscow morning and he prayed

peter's faith grew strong though the government denied it he couldn't hold it in he chose to reach out and not to hide it one day the soldiers came and brought him to a court of the people they carried him away on a cold moscow morning and he prayed

i want to sing Your praises i want to lift Your name i want to sing forever i want to be Your son i want to be Yours for always You'll be the only one i want to sing Your praises i want to be Yours

singing Holy is the Lord singing Holy is the Lord singing Holy Holy Holy is the Lord yeah yeah yeah

peter stood to watch he knew his turn would soon be coming his friends had gone ahead a crack of thunder and he would join them still his family pleaded to forsake this new religion but peter bowed to pray on his last moscow morning and he prayed