From the recording The Best of Five Years (mp3 Version)
GRACE IS NEVER FAR
Words and Music by: Shane Roark
Lyrics
GRACE IS NEVER FAR
Words and Music by: Shane Roark
VERSE 1
HE TOLD ME HOW HE USE TO BE A MIGHTY MAN FOR GOD,
BUT CIRCUMSTANCES DREW HIS HEART AWAY
HE SAID, COULD IT BE I’VE STRAYED BEYOND THE REACHING HAND OF GRACE,
AND IF I CALL, WILL HE HEAR ME, WILL HE COME HERE TO THIS PLACE
CHORUS
NO MOUNTAIN’S TOO HIGH, FOR GRACE TO CROSS
NO VALLEY’S TOO WIDE, FOR HIM TO WALK
NO PIERCING WIND, OR RAGING STORM, CAN KEEP HIM FROM YOUR HEART
GRACE IS NEVER FAR, WHEREVER YOU ARE
VERSE 2
THERE’VE BEEN TIMES IN MY LIFE I’VE WONDERED FROM THE FOLD
TO A PLACE UNFAMILIAR AND ALONE
I’M GLAD HE SAID HE’D LEAVE THE NINETY-NINE FOR BUT ONE
WHEN I CALL HIS GRACE COMES RUNNING WITH ARMS OPEN WIDE
CHORUS
BRIDGE
WHEN IT SEEMS THAT ALL HOPE IS GONE
AND I’VE DRIFTED FAR FROM HOME
IN MY DESPERATION I JUST FALL ON MY KNEES
AND MERCY ANSWERS, BRINGING GRACE TO ME
GRACE TO ME
CHORUS
TAG
NO PIERCING WIND, OR RAGING STORM, CAN KEEP HIM FROM YOUR HEART
GRACE IS NEVER FAR, WHEREVER YOU ARE