NOW AND ALWAYS
Author(s): Jerry Paladino
Songbook: LJ 03 Embrace
KeyWords: Communion,

Verse One:
I long for You to take me now,
To draw me close and hold me near,
To lead me to Your bed of love,
And kiss away my pain and fear.

Our lips are joined, our bodies one,
Our heart and souls so tight en twined;
As passions blaze, we each become
Forever Yours, for ever mine.

Chorus One:
I want You in the morning,
I desire You at noon;
I long for You each evening
As the night desires the moon.
My hunger is unending,
I need You deep in me.
I will love You now and always for eternity.

Verse Two:
And when we've loved and laughed a while,
And when I've memorized Your smile,
Then I'll rise up to meet the day,
To do the work You send my way.
But all the while I'm serving You,
And doing all You bid me do,
I'll long for You and ache within
'Til I can love You once again.

Chorus Two:
I want You in the morning,
I desire You at noon;
I long for You each evening
As the night desires the moon.
My hunger is unending,
I need You deep in me.
I will love You now and always--for eternity.

Bridge:
Sometimes Your work is hard to bear,
But the thought that pulls me through
Is knowing I will be with You
When all is said and done;
When fades the day and sets the sun,
You'll take me to that bed of ours
And love me 'til the morning hours.

Chorus Three:
[I want You in the morning,
I desire You at noon]
I long for You each evening
As the night desires the moon.
My hunger is unending,
I need You deep in me.
I will love You now and always--For eternity.
My hunger is unending,
I need You deep in me.
I love You now and always--for eternity.
Now and always
[Now and always] eternally.

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