Faith of a Child (Album Version)

Faith of a Child (Album Version) - Bill Miller

A child will walk a child will run

A child with faith faith will fly

Anita hasn't walked right since she was small

Her legs are short and twisted

Not straight and tall

She learned when she was young

How to deal with the rejection

Cast into a world with all

It's standards of perfection

Most people looked away

With a downward glance

And as a beautiful young woman

She was never asked to dance

Her dreams were just as lofty as the girl next door

And she remembers what her father said

When she couldn't take no more

He said "Someday you're gonna soar like a eagle

You will run and never grow tired

You'll become a new creation

If you just keep the faith of a child

Keep the faith of a child"

Now Anita lives alone in a Paper Mill town

In a one room apartment at Sixth and Brown

She's got a steady job well it's all right for now

She has plans for moving on

If she can make it somehow

Her brown hands are folded

As she bows her head to pray

Over doughnuts and some coffee

She made up yesterday

Her mind begins to travel

She gives thanks to the Lord

And an angel stands beside her

Points out to the door

And said "Today you're gonna soar like an eagle

You will run and never grow tired

You've become a new creation

For you have kept the faith of a child

Kept the faith of a child kept the faith of a child"