I'll Run to My Shepherds' Side

Next Time 

Lyrics ("The Garden" by Michael McLean & Bryce Neubert. Arrangements by Greg Hansen & Dan Waldis, Sheet Music, CD)

You may think life is hard
Just because you haven't grown.
You should stay right where you are,
It's much harder up here on your own.

You can lose your way so quick
Danger awaits every turn.
Trapped inside this brush so thick
And wondering what you've learned.

The next time I think
I can stray from the fold,
I'll remember the fix
That I'm in right now.
The next time I wink
At a truth I've been told,
I'll stop in my tracks somehow.

The next time I act
Like I know it all,
The memory of this
Will come rushing in.
And when I look back
I will always recall
Just how big a fool I've been

Next time I won't get lost.
Next time I'll see the signs.
Safe in the shepherd's footsteps
And never too far behind.

Next time I won't get caught
In this tangled web of mine.
But I'm filled with fear
As night's drawing near,
There may never be next time.

The next time I'm loved
No, I won't run away
To some secret place
Where I can hide.
The next time I'm called
At the end of the day
I'll run to my shepherds' side.

Next time I won't get lost.
Next time I'll see the signs.
Safe in my shepherd's footsteps
And never too far behind.

Next time I won't get caught
In this tangled web of mine.
But I'm filled with fear
As night's drawing near
There may never be next time.