Bobert, I screwed up the line breaks in your first verse, so here are your two verses again (tweaked a little to fit the meter I'm 'hearing' - 2/4 -- kinda like "You Don't Knock, You Just Walk On In") and my two intermediate verses as they stand now. Bear in mind that this is all just for your consideration, modification, rejection. etc.Bobert's 1st v erse (slightly modified):
Well, I walked down to the preacher's house,
Knockin' on the man's front door,
Said, "Preacher, can ya tell me
What did Jesus die for?"
He said "It was for your salvation
Up there on Calvary Hill."
I said, "Thank you there, good Reverend."
He said, "Son, it was God's will.
It was just God's will."Possible 2nd and 3rd verses:
Well I pondered what that preacher said*
As I went on my way.
Sometimes life's knocked me to my knees,
Nothin' left to do but pray.
I said, "Lord, I just don't understand
Why the world must suffer still,
Please help me trust your wisdom,
Help me do what is Your will.
Help me do Your will.And I've tried to listen for The Lord
Though my flesh is often weak,
Tried to love my neighbor as myself,
Turn the other cheek.
And I've had to ask forgiveness
'Cause ol' Satan tempts me still,
But I know God gave his Son for me,
So I'm trusting in God's will,
His blessed will.
Bobert's last verse (modified a little):
To you in your sheep's clothing,
Your debts will all be paid
When you try your lines on St. Peter,
Standin' at the Pearly Gates.
Mathew said, "Nothin's hidden
that one day won't be found."
Yeah, no secret kept behind closed doors
Won't one day be known around.
You'll be known by your deeds in time,
Lives you've taken so very still,
And you'll find your empty words won't change
Your final judgment; that's God's will.
That's God's will.
Genie