YESTERDAY'S GARDEN

I WALKED THROUGH YESTERDAY'S GARDEN
I'VE WALKED THERE MANY A TIME
NOW IT'S LIFELESS AND EMPTY
WHERE WEEDS AND POISON IVY CLIMB
YET THE ECHOS OF SONGS THROUGH THE AGES PAST
THOSE SWEET HALLOWED HYMNS OF PRAISE
REVERBERATE STILL ALL AROUND ME
IN SO MANY CHERISHED WAYS

"PRAISE GOD FROM WHOM ALL BLESSINGS FLOW"

STILL RESTS UPON MY TONGUE
I HEAR IT STILL WITHIN MY HEART
IT NEEDS BE EVER SUNG
SUNG WITH HALLELUJAHS

SUNG WITH GREAT AMENS

SUNG WITH GLORIOUS LONGING
WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS
SO I'LL LISTEN ER SO CLOSELY
TO LOVE'S SWEET, FAMILIAR REFRAINS
AND THANK THE GOD OF HEAVEN
AGAIN, AND AGAIN, AND AGAIN
AS I WALKED IN YESTERDAY'S GARDEN
I WALKED AND TALKED WITH HIM
AND REMEMBERED YESTERDAY'S BLOSSOMS
THAT BLOOMED THERE JUST FOR HIM
THEY TOLD OF THE OLD, OLD STORY
OF JESUS AND HIS LOVE
THEIR PRAISES, STILL TRIUMPHANT
NOW IN HEAVENLY REALMS ABOVE
THOUGH FLOWERS FADE BEFORE ME
THEIR FRAGRANCE FILLS MY DAY
EVEN THROUGH DESERT WASTE LAND
THOSE GARDENS OF YESTERDAY
I'LL LISTEN EVER SO CLOSELY
FOR LOVE'S SWEET MELODIOUS REFRAIN
AND THANK THE GOD OF HEAVEN

AGAIN, AND AGAIN AND AGAIN___________Joy