PRODIGAL SON
Author(s): Ruth Selah
Songbook: Dad's Songs of Love
KeyWords: Contentment,Thankfulness,

Verse 1
Out in the wilderness wild and drear,
Sadly I wandered for many a year,
Driven by hunger, and filled with fear,
I must arise and go.
Backward through sorrow my steps to trace,
Seeking my Heavenly Father's face,
Willing to take but a servant's place,
I should arise and go.

Chorus 1
Back to my Father a home,
Back to my Father and home.
I should arise and go
Back to my Father and home.

Verse 2
Why should I perish in dark despair.
Here where there's no one to help nor care,
When there is shelter and food to spare?
I will arise and go.
Deeply repenting these wrongs I've done,
Worthy no more to be called His son,
Hoping my Father His child will own,
I must arise and go.

Verse 3
Sweet are those memories that come to me,
Faces of loved ones again I see,
Visions of home where I used to be,
I will arise and go.
Others have gone who have wandered, too,
They were forgotten, were clothed anew.
Why should I linger with home in view?
I will arise and go.

Verse 4
Oh, that I never had gone astray.
Life was all radiant with hope that day,
Now all its treasures I've thrown away,
But I can arise and go.
Something is saying, "God loves you still,
Though you have treated His love so ill,
You must not linger, the night grows chill.
Oh, please arise and go.

Chorus 2
Back to your Father a home,
Back to your Father and home.
You must arise and go
Back to your Father and home."

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