Sitting on the front porch Rain is pouring down News comes on the radio There's trouble all around That's the way it always been And the way it'll always be I thank the good Lord I've got you In times like these The rich keep getting richer The poor barely get by Farmer Johnson says it's either Too wet or too dry Jobs are scarce down at the factory I thank the good Lord I've got you In times like these In times like these When it's easy to get down You're my inspiration You're my solid ground In times like these Love will pull us through Baby, I know I can depend on you We can read about the latest In the fashion magazines But that don't change the fact That we got patches on our jeans Everybody's needing money Even the preachers preaching on TV I thank the good Lord I've got you In times like these In times like these When it's easy to get down You're my inspiration You're my solid ground In times like these Love will pull us through Baby, I know I can depend on you It costs you forty-five cents For a nickel candy bar And a dollar's worth of gas Won't even start your car Yeah, we got problems Here in the land of free But there's no place I'd rather be In times like these I thank the good Lord I've got you In times like these In times like these, baby (Baby) In times like these In times like these

All that I am, all that I have I lay them down before You, oh Lord All my regrets, all my acclaims The joy and the pain, I'm making them Yours Things in the past, things yet unseen Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true All of my hopes, all of my plans My heart and my hands are lifted to You Lord, I offer my life to You Everything I've been through Use it for Your glory Lord, I offer my days to You Lifting my praise to You As a pleasing sacrifice Lord, I offer You my life All that I am, all that I have I lay them down before You, oh Lord All my regrets, all my acclaims The joy and the pain, I'm making them Yours Things in the past, things yet unseen Wishes and dreams that are yet to come true All of my hopes, all of my plans My heart and my hands are lifted to You Lord, I offer my life to You Everything I've been through Use it for Your glory Lord, I offer my days to You Lifting my praise to You As a pleasing sacrifice Lord, I offer You my life What can we give that You have not given? And what do we have that is not already Yours? All we possess are these lives we're living That's what we give to You, Lord Lord, I offer my life to You Everything I've been through Use it for Your glory Lord, I offer my days to You Lifting my praise to You As a pleasing sacrifice Lord, I offer You my life Lord, I offer my life to You Everything I've been through Use it for Your glory Lord, I offer my days to You Lifting my praise to You As a pleasing sacrifice Lord, I offer You my life Lord, I offer You my life

God will make a way Where there seems to be no way He works in ways we cannot see He will make a way for me He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side With love and strength for each new day He will make a way, He will make a way Oh, God will make a way Where there seems to be no way He works in ways we cannot see He will make a way for me He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side With love and strength for each new day He will make a way, He will make a way By a roadway in the wilderness, He'll lead me And rivers in the desert will I see Heaven and Earth will fade but His Word will still remain And He will do something new today Oh, God will make a way Where there seems to be no way He works in ways we cannot see He will make a way for me He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side With love and strength for each new day He will make a way, He will make a way Heaven and Earth will fade but His Word will still remain And He will do something new today Oh, God will make a way Where there seems to be no way He works in ways we cannot see He will make a way for me He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side With love and strength for each new day He will make a way, He will make a way With love and strength for each new day He will make a way, He will make a way