verse 1 

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She kept on getting weaker,  As day dragged into day,   
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The doctors gave no hope for her,  She seemed to fade away, 
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My hours were filled with constant dread. Time became a knife, 
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But slowly and relentlessly, cut the chord of life 
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There was a teacher in the region then, Some of us had heard, 
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Thathe'd healed a paradict,  By the power of just his word,   
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So with hope again rekindled,  I went at once to see,   
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If I could find a man named Jesus,  From a town in Galilee 

verse 2 
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I began to search the city, Soon I saw the crowd,   
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They were pressing in to touch him,  And they called his name out loud,   
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But with the strength of desperation,  I pushed them all aside, 
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I threw myself before him,  And from my knees I cried, 
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Lord come and heal my daughter,  Even now she's close to death, 
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Her fever's uncontrollable,  She fights for every breath,   
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But God's given you the power Life is your's to give 
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And if you'll just lay your hands on her I know that she'll live 
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she'll live------------   
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she'll li--------------ve  

verse 3 

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He just begun to go with me,  When a face I saw with fear, 
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Came towards me with the news I knew I didn't want to hear, 
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And although I tried to steal myself,  I trembled when he said, 
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"Why bother the teacher anymore, your little girl is dead." 

verse 4 

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Then Jesus touched my shoulder,  And he told me not to not to grieve, 
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The trembling stopped when he looked at me,  and said, "Only believe." 
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Then he sent the crowds away Except his closest men,   
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And they followed right behind us,  As we started off again,   
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But we were still a long ways down the road, When I heard the sounds and cries,   
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of the mourners and musicians,  As they strove to dramatize,   
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My grief they had no business with Beneath their loud disguise 
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And my wife just sat their silently And stared through empty eyes 

Verse 5 

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Then Jesus asked the mourners,  "Why is it that you weep?,   
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She isn't dead as you suppose,  The child is just asleep." 
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It only took a moment,  for their wails to turn to jeers! 
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"Who does this man think he is Get him out of here!"  
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"But with authority I've never heard,  in the lips of any man, 
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He spoke and every sound rolled out with the thunder of command,   
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And in the sudden silence,  They all hurried for the door 
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Wondering what the reasons were they'd ever come there for 

Verse 6 

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And then he called his 3 disciples,  That were with him on the way,   
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He led them and my wife and me,  To where our daughter lay 
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He took her by the hand,  he told her, "Child arise." 
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And the words were barely spoken,  when she opened up her eyes,   
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She rose and walked across the room and stood there at our sides 
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My wife knelt down and held her close,  And at last she really cried 
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And then Jesus told us both to see our daughter have some food 
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But as to how her life was saved Not to speak a word 
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Not to speak a word 
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But I gotta tell somebody 
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I gotta tell somebody      
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I gotta tell somebody What Jesus did for me