I
I WAS AS POOR AS A BEGGAR
UNWANTED AND SURELY UNCLEAN
DESPISED BY MY FRIENDS WHO ALL KNEW ME
WHO WOULD CRINGE AT THE SOUND OF MY NAME.
THEN I MET A MAN THEY CALL JESUS
AND HE OFFERED MY SOUL EVERYTHING
IN LOVE TOOK ME IN AND HE BOUGHT ALL ME SIN.
NOW I LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF THE KING.
II
NOW SIN TAKES PRIDE IN IT'S PLEASURES
BUT NOTHING DID IT HAVE FOR ME.
MY DAYS WERE FILLED WITH FOLLY
AND MY NIGHTS SPENT IN DEEP MISERY.
BUT THEN ONE DAY I WAS CLOTHED IN HIS GLORY.
LIKE A TREE TAKES LEAVES IN THE SPRING
NOW MY DAYS ARE ALL BLESSED AND MY NIGHTS
FILLED WITH REST AND I LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF A KING.
CHORUS
OH I DON'T DWELL IN A SHACK NEAR LIFE'S BILLOWS.
I DON'T CATER TO WHAT SIN MAY BRING.
BUT INSTEAD I'M SURROUNDED BY ANGLES.
AND I LIVE IN THE HOUSE OF THE KING.