Gotta Tell Somebody

Gotta Tell Somebody - Don Francisco

Written by：Don Francisco

She kept on getting weaker

As day dragged into day

The doctors gave no hope for her

She seemed to fade away

My hours were filled with constant dread

Time became a knife

That slowly and relentlessly

Cut the cord of life

There was a teacher in the region then

Some of us had heard

That He'd healed the paralytic

By the power of just his word

So with hope again rekindled

I went at once to see

If I could find a man named Jesus

From a town in Galilee

I began to search the city

And soon I saw the crowd

They were pressing in to touch Him

And they called His name out loud

But with the strength of desperation

I pushed them all aside

I through myself before Him

And from my knees I cried

Lord come and heal my daughter

Even now she's close to death

Her fever's uncontrollable

She fights for every breath

But God's given you the power

Life is yours to give

If you'll just lay your hands on her

I know that she will live

She will live

She will live

Well He'd just begun to go with me

When a face I saw with fear

Came towards me

With the news I knew

I didn't want to hear

And although I tried to steel myself

I trembled when he said

Why bother the teacher anymore

Your little girl is dead

Then Jesus touched my shoulder

And He told me not to grieve

The trembling stopped when he looked at me

And said only believe

Then He sent the crowds away

Except his closest men

And they followed right behind us

As we started off again

But we were still a long ways down the road

When I heard the sounds and cries

Of the mourners

And musicians

As they strove to dramatize

My grief they had no business with

Beneath their loud disguise

My wife just sat there silently

And stared through empty eyes

Then Jesus asked the mourners

Why is it that you weep

She isn't dead as you suppose

The child is just asleep

It only took a moment

For their wails to turn to jeers

Who does this man think he is

Get him out of here

With authority I've never heard

In the lips of any man

He spoke and every sound rolled out

With the thunder of command

And in the sudden silence

They all hurried for the door

Wondering what the reasons were

They'd ever come there for

Then He called his three disciples

That were with him on the way

He led them and my wife and me

To where our daughter lay

He took her by the hand

He told her child arise

And the words were barely spoken

When she opened up her eyes

She rose and walked across the room

And stood there at our sides

My wife knelt down and held her close

And at last she really cried

And then Jesus told us both to see

That our daughter had some food

But as to how her life was saved

Not to speak a word

Not to speak a word

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