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THE CHILD IS FATHER OF THE MAN song lyrics
by Joel Sattler

based on the poem "My Heart Leaps Up When I Behold"
by William Wordsworth

looked above and saw a rainbow in the sky
looked below and saw my life was passing by
so it was as I began
I became all the things that I am
and I remember my teacher telling me
the child is father of the man

many years I have been travelling on my way
just to get to the place the place where I am today
to be what I can be and understand
that the child is father of the man

and every night I pray to find some serenity
to learn the balancing between my God and me
each to each together hand in hand
to walk the journey He has planned for me
to find the glory that is in store for me
the child is father of the man

the road goes ever on at least that's what I'm told
I started walking young but now I have grown old
I am but a stranger in this land
the child is father of the man

and in a vision once it was so clear to me
like a pebble thrown into a sunless sea
the lion must lie down lie down with the lamb
the child is father of the man

now every morning I wake up and take the path
I think of all my fears and I just have to laugh
my eyes lift to the lamp
I am merely but a son of Abraham
and in the gathering dark of dusk at last I understand
the child is but the father of the man

I looked above and saw a rainbow in the sky
looked below and saw my life was passing by
and I recall my teacher telling me
the child is father of the man

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