Lay my head upon my pillow
Trying hard to sleep.
Lying in a bed of comfort
I began to weep.
How can I just dream my dreams
And simply drift along,
When I know by the time I wake
Thousands will be gone.
(They'll be) Gone forever, perishing alone,
Gone forever, never having known
Of One who loved them with a love
They never knew in life.
So I cry in the darkness
Cause they never saw the Light.
Lord, how it must break Your heart
To see them slip away.
Perishing in countless numbers
Every passing day.
Half the world has never yet
Even heard Your name
And those of us who know You well
We're the ones to blame.
And how will they know
And now who will go
To take the message of your love to everyone.
Trying hard to sleep.
Lying in a bed of comfort
I began to weep.
How can I just dream my dreams
And simply drift along,
When I know by the time I wake
Thousands will be gone.
(They'll be) Gone forever, perishing alone,
Gone forever, never having known
Of One who loved them with a love
They never knew in life.
So I cry in the darkness
Cause they never saw the Light.
Lord, how it must break Your heart
To see them slip away.
Perishing in countless numbers
Every passing day.
Half the world has never yet
Even heard Your name
And those of us who know You well
We're the ones to blame.
And how will they know
And now who will go
To take the message of your love to everyone.