For A time Like This

I WAS BORN IN AMERICA,
CUT MY TEETH ON WONDER BREAD,
SAID ALL MY GOD-BLESS-ME PRAYERS,
AND NEVER DREAMED OF THE ONES WHO GO UN-FED.

NOW I SEE THEM THROUGH MY TEARS
IN A LAND WHERE LIFE IS TOUGH
AND I WONDER WHY THEY’RE HERE
AND I HAVE SO MUCH.

CHORUS:
I WAS BORN FOR A TIME LIKE THIS,
CALLED BY GOD FROM THE PROMISED LAND,
BORN THE SON OF PROSPERITY
TO MEET THE CHILD OF THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND.
AND IN HER LAUGHING EYES
I FIND THE REASON I LIVE.
GOD PUT ME IN PARADISE
BUT I WAS BORN FOR A TIME LIKE THIS.

I WAS BORN IN AMERICA
SO I COULD WALK THESE HUNGRY STREETS.
I WAS BLESSED IN AMERICA
FOR A WORLD WITH A NEED THAT I CAN MEET.
AND NOW THAT GOD HAS BROUGHT ME HERE
TO THE ONES HE LOVED SO MUCH
THAT HE GAVE HIS ONLY SON
LET ME SHARE HIS LOVE.

CHORUS

BRIDGE: JESUS LOVES ME. THIS I KNOW.
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO.
NOW LITTLE ONES BELONG TO HIM
BECAUSE OF THE MERCY
I SHOW TO THEM

CHORUS

TAG: I WAS BORN IN AMERICA
FOR A TIME LIKE THIS

Written by Jim Weber
(c) Copyright 1998 Desperate Heart Music Co. (ASCAP). All rights reserved.