Song Lyrics

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© Bob Barra, 2-9-06

Verse 1:
I’ve left my Love
On a dark and dingy street;
I’m all alone;
My Love holds my heartbeat;
Alone as I,
As I can ever be;
I’ve got no one,
Having left my Mercy’s lee;

My heart’s so cold,
As dusty as the air;
I find no joy,
In the world out there;

Then from on high,
A still small gentle voice,
Beckons me,
And my soul starts to rejoice;

Chorus:
“Return, return, to your first love;
Beyond time, this plea is true;
Return, return, to your first love;
As I love, I chasten you;
Return, return, to your first love;
Father’s heart, without you, is blue;
Return, return, to your first love;
It’s My delight to make you new;”

Verse 2:
I find He’s far,
As my next heartbeat;
My joy returns,
As if on golden streets;
His mercy takes
Even my darkest sin;
He cleans my soul,
Yes, He takes me back again;

Repeat Chorus

Bridge:
And He looks on me,
As if I never left;
My sin’s tossed as far,
As east is from west;
I find my place again,
And I am complete;
He remains my Friend,
And I sit by His scarred feet!

Repeat Chorus Incessantly




Author's Note:"If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."--1 John 1:9

"...I have this against you, that you have left your first love. Remember therefore from where you have fallen; repent and do the first works,..."--Revelation 2:4-5a

"I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined in the fire, that you may be rich; and white garments, that you may be clothed, that the shame of your nakedness may not be revealed; and anoint your eyes with eye salve, that you may see. As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent."--Revelation 3:18-19

The only sin that's not forgiven is the one that's not confessed. I have known this, for myself, to be true-even as He is true.

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