Looking Back

Looking Back

Well I watched the local news
Then it was time to go to bed
But I couldn’t get to sleep
For the thoughts in my head
I tossed and turned in bed
Thinking what the newsman said
Then it occurred to me
That I’d never been happy

(Chorus)

I was looking back to see
What happened to my sanity?
And it became quite clear to me
I’d lived a life of vanity
I want the road ahead of me
To be quite the contrary
If there’s an ounce of good in me
I want to help humanity

Well I knew that Jesus died
To show the world His love for me
And I thought I’d pay Him back
By being all that I could be
But no matter how I tried
I kept failing and I cried
Soon I began to see
It was His grace that set me free

Oh me, oh me
Lord I hope you’ll forgive me
For my life of vanity

May 4, 2009
This was written to the tune of the old country song, "Looking Back to See"