There's a man on a corner
with a cardboard sign
that reads
I will work for food
A woman stands beside him
with hungry eyes that plead
Our children are hungry too
Some may say I'm foolish
for givin' to their cause
I've become a believer
that heaven's help us all
Oh there but for
the grace of God go I
How without compassion
can we pass them by
Oh it could be you
It could be me
the world has cast aside
There but for
the grace of God go I
When I think about my home
late in the evenin' time
How we've been blessed
with much more than we need
We keep a warm fire burnin'
when it's cold outside
We don't have to worry
that we might freeze
How can I go to bed at night
And sleep so peacefully
If I haven't given somethin'
for the least of these
There but for
the grace of God go I
How without compassion
can we pass them by
Oh it could be you
It could be me
the world has locked outside
There but for
the grace of God go I
Oh the time has come
for everyone
to learn to help another
We could turn
this whole wide world around
If we'd only love each other
There but for
the grace of God go I
How without compassion
can we pass them by
Oh it could be you
It could be me
the world has locked outside
There but for
the grace of God go I
There but for
the grace of God go I
Oh there but for
the grace of God go I
There but for
the grace of God go I
There but for
the grace of God go I