Now Lazarus Can Sing

Have you seen Lazarus since that day?

Something about him has changed.

You know the day that I’m talking ‘bout.

The day Jesus called out his name.

I spoke to him just the other day.

At the market I pulled him aside.

Can you remember the things you saw?

He put his hand on my shoulder and cried.

So I talked to his sister Martha.

“Martha, what’s he said to you?”

She said “he looks out of the window and smiles, that his

 worrying days are all through.”

He said he remembered walking on gold.

No one was sick there, and no one was old.

He prays every day like his heart is on fire.

He said he was learning to sing in that choir.

I grew up with Lazarus all of my life.

He couldn’t carry a tune if he tried.

But something has changed since Lazarus died.

And it’s the funniest thing…

Now Lazarus can sing.

“I watch him more closely, the things he does.

He’s more patient than he’s ever been.

I heard him pray just the other night.

“Lord when can I come back again.”

I said, “Brother, what can you remember?”

He said, “There was a voice that I knew.”

It said “Lazarus come forth’.” And I wanted to stay,

But I woke up inside of that tomb.

He tells me that he thought he knew what love was before

But he hugs me and tells me, sister there’s so much more

He said he remembered walking on gold.

No one was sick there, and no one was old.

He prays every day like his heart is on fire.

He said he was learning to sing in that choir.

I grew up with Lazarus all of my life.

He couldn’t carry a tune if he tried.

But something has changed since Lazarus died.

And it’s the funniest thing…

Now Lazarus can sing.