Truth, Peace and Joy
Nancye Short-Tsapralis
©1974 John T. Benson Publishing Co / ASCAP

Lord, I’d like to tell You if I can
In simple words, just what You mean to me
Lord, I’m not a poet with fancy rhymes
But I hope You’ll find some meaning in my song

Cause You were truth when everything I’d learned
Proved to be wrong and You were joy
When my heart was all alone

Lord, the one I wish to be is now,
Coming clear as I look into Your love
Lord, You’re all that matters in my life
Won’t You take my mind and make it into Yours

Cause, when my soul You know it had no song
You gave me one that had never been sung
And when mind lost its way, You spoke peace to me
Peace to me—, peace to me—

Cause You were truth when everything I’d learned
Proved to be wrong and You were joy
When my heart was all alone

And when my soul You know it had no song
You gave me one that had never been sung
And when mind— oh, it lost its way
You spoke peace to me, peace to me—
Oh— and I love You, yes I do