My wandering days grew increasingly empty As I searched for the way, Just to fill this gap inside me— Found my seeking vain. Though all this dark earth would convince me life’s worthwhile, Inside all my mirth Was a cry for something real. Don’t you lie to me, world!
D
My wan
G
dering
D
days grew in
G
creasingly
D
empty
As I
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searched
G♭m
for the
Bm
way,
Just to
Em-D
fill this gap in
G
side me—
Found my
D
seek
G-A7
ing
D-G-D
vain.
Though all
G
this dark
D
earth would con
G
vince me
life's
D
worthwhile,
In
G
side
G♭m
all my
Bm
mirth
Was a
Em
cry for something
G-A7
real.
Don't you
D
lie
G
to
G-A7
me,
D-G-D
world!
For my heart tells me different When I hear of contentment Deep within a lack knew better Why not be honest, world.
D
For my
G
heart tells me
D
different
When I
G
hear
D
of con
Bm
tentment
Deep with
Em-D
in a lack knew
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better
Why not
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be
G
hon
G-A7
est,
D-G-D
world.
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A flood of strong doubt as I heard the old story Of a man they called Lord; Yet my heart ne’er ceased to wonder, Is He really Lord? A search in His Word found my hardened heart softened, And earth’s vanities faded. In the brightness of His presence Jesus came into me.
A flood of strong doubt as I heard the old story
Of a man they called Lord;
Yet my heart ne'er ceased to wonder,
Is He really Lord?
A search in His Word found my hardened
heart softened,
And earth's vanities faded.
In the brightness of His presence
Jesus came into me.
D
A flood
G
of
D
strong doubt as
G
I heard the
D
old story
Of a
G
man
G♭m
they called
Bm
Lord;
Yet my
Em-D
heart ne'er ceased to
G
wonder,
Is He
D G-A7
really
D-G-D
Lord?
A search
G
in His
D
Word found my
G
hardened
heart
D
softened,
And
G
earth's
G♭m Bm
vanities faded.
In the
Em
brightness of His
G-A7
presence
Jesus
D
came
G G-A7
into
D-G-D
me.
Now we’re always together Growing into God’s fullness. O Lord Jesus, how I love You! You brought life into me.
This song was my testimony of accepting Christ in 1973. After graduating in 1971 I spent two years hitchhiking around the U. S. until Jim picked me up and led me in prayer to Christ. Now 55 years later we are still always together. I am so glad this song has survived the many years, I thought it to be lost long ago.
The world can never be honest with us. The whole world is in the hands of the father of lies (1 John 5:19). But God gave us something of Him, he gave us a conscience, a human spirit. Because of this we can sense the vanity, and we can see our wandering. A brother once said, wandering days are like a long dark night in the soul. O Lord deliver us from our soul!