We've turned the page
for a new day has dawned
And we've re-arranged
what is right and what's wrong
Somehow we've drifted
so far from the truth
That we can't get back home
And where are the virtues
that once gave us light
And where are the morals
that governed our lives
Someday we all will awake
and look back
just to find what we've lost
We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently
grounded in Christ
A hope that endures
for all time
These are the basics
We need to get back
to the basics of life
oooh
The newest rage
is to reason it out
Just meditate and you can
overcome every doubt
After all man is a God
they say
God is no longer alive
But I still believe
in the old rugged cross
And I still believe
there is hope for the lost
And I know
the rock of all ages
will stand
Through the changes of time
We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently
grounded in Christ
A hope that endures
for all time
These are the basics
We need to get back
to the basics of life
We've let the darkness
invade us too long
We've got to turn the tide
Oh and we need the passion
that burned long ago
To come and open our eyes
There's no room for compromise
We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind
We need to get back
To the basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently
grounded in Christ
A hope that endures
for all time
These are the basics
We need to get back
to the basics of life
The basics of life
A heart that is pure
And a love that is blind
A faith that is fervently
grounded in Christ
A hope that endures
for all time
These are the basics
We need to get back
to the basics of life
Ooh
The basics of life
Oh the basics of life
Ohhh