LYRICS

Refrain:
Wherever you lead me I’m gonna follow.
I’m trusting you God – You are good!
Life will be crazy, wild and amazing.
I’m trusting you God – You are good!

Repeat refrain

1. I want to live each day like anything can happen.
Can’t hardly wait to see what’s next.
I want to face this world with wonder and excitement.
Face every challenge, every test!

Refrain – 2 times

2. Walk through the valley,  climb mountains high. 
Wherever we go Lord, You are good!
Can’t hold me back now, I’m gonna fly.
Wherever we go Lord, You are good!

Repeat verse #2

Repeat Verse #1,  Refrain – 2 times

I’m trusting you God – You are good!! I’m trusting you God – You are good!!!

Were You There?
prior to 1899

Hymn Background:

This African American spiritual that probably predates the Civil War was first published in William Barton’s Old Plantation Hymns (1899). The spiritual’s earlier history includes a white spiritual known in Tennessee as “Have you heard how they crucified my Lord?” The text was passed from generation to generation by oral and written tradition. The tune is a standard ‘call and response’ format.

In 1940, it was included in the Episcopal Church hymnal, making it the first spiritual to be included in any major American hymnal. As reported in Howard Thurman’s autobiography, the song was one of Mahatma Gandhi’s favorites.The song has been recorded by artists including Mahalia Jackson, Johnny Cash and Harry Belafonte.

Just as modern Jews identify with the Hebrew slaves in Egypt at their Passover Seder, this text encourages us to identify with the witnesses of Christ’s death and resurrection. With distances of geography and time removed, we become part of that great body of people who come trembling to the cross of our Christ for salvation.

Were You There?
LYRICS:

1. Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they crucified my Lord?

2. Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they nailed him to the tree?

3. Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they pierced him in the side?

4. Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when the sun refused to shine?

5. Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?
Oh! Sometimes it causes me to tremble, tremble, tremble.
Were you there when they laid him in the tomb?

6. Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?
Sometimes I feel like shouting ‘Glory, glory, glory!’
Were you there when he rose up from the dead?

O Christ, the Healer