Another thing about that song I mentioned - revised yet again!

It was somewhat uncertain what he started off singing. Was he singing: "This is a song for the brokenhearted..."? Then I watched the song with lyrics, and discovered it was, "This AIN'T a song for the brokenhearted..." Well! This one sure is!


Brokenhearted - by me (to the tune of the hymn "O, the Sweet, Sweet Love of Jesus":


1. Bro-ken... hear-ted, sore a-flic-ted, heavy la-den weak and frail!
In the flesh I stand convicted - to be perfect, how I (would) fail!
Though I long to be more like thee - walk more closely at thy side,
My best ef-forts naught avail me, unless I, in thee, a-bide.


2. Bro-ken hearted, e-ver mourning my own wretchedness of soul!
"Lord," I cry, "if thou art willing, thou canst make me perfect - whole"!
See him loo-king with com-passion on my mi-serable estate;
"I am wil-ling, be thou clean made," - cleansing come im-me-diate.


3. Bro-ken hearted people did the Lord, our "Jesus", come to "save",
So take heart, ye brokenhearted, to the spear, his heart, he gave;
To repentance, sinners, not the righteous, Jesus came to call,
Jesus, in thy grace and mercy, quickly come and save us all...


4. Bro-ken hear-ted, poor in spi-rit; blessed ("blest") are we at Jesus' word!
What God hath laid up for us, eye hath not seen, nor ear hath heard!
Come to him, ye wea-ry hea-vy la-den souls with bro-ken hearts!
Learn of him, re-ceive the bless-ed yoke and burden he imparts!


5. (Drop it down a key for this verse, if ye woud like...)
Bro-ken hearted - melan-choly! Feeling, to say the least, "down"!
Let the fool-ish, in their fol-ly, on such a con-dition frown!
Je-sus was a man of sor-rows, and, a-bout grief, knows it all!
Rest as-sured, the bro-ken-hearted, shall be saved, who, on him, call!


6. Take your bro-ken box of al-la-bas-ter and, on Jesus, pour!
Others people may not understand it, he'll stand up, you, for!
Are a broken spirit and a contrite heart what it's...all...a-bout!
Come to him, and claim his guarantee that he will not cast out!


7. "God! My heart is broken! And I hate my very life so much!
How I need to move this mountain, and receive thy healing - touch!
Show me how to be a blessing, and the world turn upside down!
And see 'breakthrough', i.e. '-15 -6,282,801, -156,798,403 -71,217,706 3,739,549,862 -136,052"!

Love,


Daniel