BEAUTIFUL ROSE
(David Mallett)

God within me is talking, I hear with my ear and my eye;
God within me is talking real low, and he says don't cry, don't cry,
And he says, don't cry, don't cry.
The world is a faulty creation, but it works in its own little way;
No room for much intervention, and I'd probably get in the way.
But here in this garden where nobody knows,
And here on the north side where nothing else grows,
Oh what a beautiful, oh what a beautiful rose.

God within me is laughing, I hear with my ear and my eye;
God within me is laughing real low, and he says don't cry, don't cry,
And he says, don't cry, don't cry.
The world is a place of confusion, things always get out of hand;
I'm not into intrusion too much in the matters of man.
But see how it moves when the birds start to fly,
See how the sun puts the gleam in your eye,
And oh what a beautiful, oh what beautiful sky.

God within me is singing, I hear with my ear and my eye;
God within me is singing real low, and he says don't cry, don't cry,
And he says, don't cry, don't cry.
The world is a work still in progress, sometimes things get out of line;
There's bigger things I should be doing, I guess,
But right now I'm working on rhyme, right now I'm working on rhyme.
But see how the whole world is covered in lace,
And the green and the blue give it just enough grace,
And oh what a beautiful, oh what a beautiful place.

I used the link provided by Maeve (a sermon given in the United Church of Christ), and listened to the song on the 2012 DFave Mallett album titled Greenin' Up

Oh, what a beautiful, oh what a beautiful song.

-Joe-