Somehow it comes and finds me
Sitting ‘neath a 3 ton anvil
That hangs by only a string
Caught like a bird in a wire
Beat battered bruised and cut up
You set me free one more time and I say
Lord You’ve lifted me up
Lord You carried the weight, when I lay my burden down
Finally realized only way I could win
Reach out my hands and lay face down on the ground
Lord You carried the weight, Lord You carried the weight
Life is simpler since I left the fight
You’re yoke is easy and your burden is light
When I was hungry You fed me
When I was blind You made me see
Tired and lonely You held me
Without You’re love where would I be?
When my life story is over
Ashes to ash mud to mud
I’ll look back down on this world and I’ll say
Lord you’ve lifted me up
Lord you’ve lifted me up
Lord you’ve lifted me up
When for a long walk, it was all uphill
Went and saw the doctor, he was all out’ta pills
Opened my mailbox, there was nothing but bills
But Lord You’ve lifted me up,
Lord You’ve lifted me up
Lord You’ve lifted me up
Lord You’ve lifted me -- up
