BEAUTY FOR ASHES [REVISED]
Author(s): Jeremy, Apollos, Hart, Windy
Songbook: Word Tape Songs
KeyWords: Giving,

Verse 1
My life was so happy,
Full of the sunshine,
Never a care shadowed my way.
Then one day the storm clouds
Broke all around me,
The joys of my life washed away.

Verse 2
The heartbreak with in me
Left me despairing,
Oh, why was my life calling apart?
Then in the night I found the answer
When these tender words touched my heart:

Chorus 1
Beauty for ashes,
Joy for sorrow,
The sweetest of songs can come from this pain;
The darkest of clouds holds a silver lining
That will bring you new hope again.

Verse 3
The rain that is falling
Waters the flowers,
The darker the night, the clearer the stars.
Out of the ashes,
Lilies will grow.
The hotter the fire, the purer the gold.

Chorus 2
Beauty for ashes,
Joy for sorrow,
The sweetest of songs can come from this pain;
The darkest of clouds holds a silver lining
That will bring you new hope again.
That will bring you new hope again.

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