I'll Carry On

 

On Rich Mullins' album, A Liturgy, a Legacy, and a Ragamuffin Band, a fitting follow-up for the admission that being like Jesus is hard is this next song that expresses a determination to keep on keeping on.

Momma, I've got two strong hands.

And they're fine as far as hands go

I can shoulder the future, I can face the wind

For the dream that I must follow

It's a dream that can kill with its beauty

It's a hurt that can heal with its pain

And with all of these miles that lie before me

I may never get home again

But I'll carry the songs I learned when we were kids

I'll carry the scars of generations gone by

I'll pray for you always, and I promise you this

I'll carry on, I'll carry on

I kissed the earth on my daddy's grave

Said goodbye to my brave young companions

But when they hoist that sail I know my heart will break

As bright and as fine as the morning

I don't know where this road will take me

But they say there's a place there for a man

And I'm only afraid that my dreams may betray me

And I'll never get home again

But I'll carry the songs I learned when we were kids

And I'll carry the scars of generations gone by

I'll pray for you always, and I promise you this

I'll carry on, I'll carry on

And oh, I can shoulder the future, I can brave the wind

Oh, we go on, we go on, but we never get home again

So I'll carry the songs I learned when we were kids

I'll carry the scars of generations gone by

I'll pray for you always, and I promise you this

I'll carry on, I'll carry on

1993 - Edward Grant, Inc.
1993 - Kid Brothers of St. Frank Publishing

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Truth is..."Brothers and sisters, I do not consider myself yet to have taken hold of it. But one thing I do: Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus." Philippians 3:13-14