Elijah lyrics

The Jordan is waiting

for me to cross through.

My heart is aging, I can tell.

So, Lord, I'm begging

for one last favor from You -

Here's my heart. Take it where You will.

This world has shown me

how we're mended and how we're torn,

how it's okay to be lonely as long as you're free.

Sometimes my ground was stony

and sometimes covered with thorns

and only You could make it what it had to be.

If they dressed me like a pauper

or if they dined me like a prince,

if they lay me with my fathers

or if my ashes scatter to the wind,

I don't care.

[Chorus]

When I leave I wanna go out like Elijah,

with a whirlwind to fuel my chariot of fire.

When I look back on the stars,

it'll be like the candlelight in Central Park,

and it won't break my heart to say goodbye.

There's people [who've] been friendly,

but they'd never be your friends.

Sometimes it's bent me to the ground.

Now that this is all ending,

I want to hear some music once again,

Because it's the finest thing I have ever found.

[But] The Jordan is waiting,

Though I ain't never seen the other side.

They say you can't take in the things you have here.

So on the road to salvation,

I stick out my thumb and He gives me a ride.

His music is already falling on my ears.

There's people been talking.

They say they're worried about my soul.

Well, I tell you that I'll keep on rocking

until I'm sure that it's my time to roll,

and when I do..

[Chorus]

• Artist:Rich Mullins