Lyrics
Jesus was an only son
as he walked up Calvary Hill,
his mother Mary walking beside him
in the path where his blood spilled
Jesus was an only son
in the hills of Nazareth,
as he lay reading the Psalms of David
at his mother's feet
A mother prays, "sleep tight, my child, sleep well,
for I'll be at your side,
that no shadow, no darkness, no tolling bell
shall pierce your dreams this night"
In the garden at Gethsemane,
he prayed for the life he'd never live,
he beseeched his heavenly father to remove
the cup of death from his lips
Now, there's a loss that can never be replaced,
a destination that can never be reached,
a light you'll never find in another's face,
a sea whose distance cannot be breached
Well, Jesus kissed his mother's hands
and whispered, "Mary, still your tears,
for remember the soul of the universe
willed a world and it appeared"