A CLEAN HEART

GOD KNOCKED UPON MY HEART'S DOOR,
AND WHEN I ASKED HIM IN
I WAS SO ASHAMED OF MY UNKEMPT HEART,
'CAUSE IT WAS FULL OF SIN.

AGAIN I LOOKED INSIDE MY HEART
AND MUCH TO MY SURPRISE,
I SAW ALL THE THINGS I'D HID AWAY,
TO KEEP FROM PRYING EYES.

I STARTED CLEANING THEM ALL OUT,
A CHORE LONG OVERDUE.
WITH ALL THE THINGS I'D KEPT INSIDE
LOCKED UP AND OUT OF VIEW.

THERE WERE THINGS I'D INTENDED TO SET ARIGHT,
THING I'D MEANT TO SAY.
THINGS I'D LEFT UNDONE SO LONG,
PUT OFF FOR A RAINY DAY.

I COULD HAVE SAID " HELLO " TO SOMEONE
I MET ALONG THE STREET.
I COULD HAVE GIVEN FLOWERS
THAT GREW DOWN AT MY FEET.

I COULD HAVE VISITED THE SICK
TO BRIGHTEN UP THEIR DAY.
BUT I HAD NO TIME TO SHARE WITH THEM
THE BLESSINGS FOR THE DAY.

THOUGH OTHERS COULD NOT SEE MY SINS
I KNEW THEY WERE STILL THERE.
BECAUSE I HAD NO ROOM FOR LOVE,
I REALLY DIDN'T CARE.

MY HEART WAS FILLED WITH LITTLE THINGS,
LIKE " THANK YOU " I'D FORGOT TO SAY.
A SMILE OR HANDSHAKE OFT IGNORED
ARE DEBTS I MUST REPAY.

I PRAYED " DEAR LORD, FORGIVE ME
FOR ALL THE WRONG I'VE DONE
AND HELP ME, LORD, TO DO THY WILL
UNTIL THY KINGDOM COMES. "

(The Old Hillbilly)