Take Me Down

Unpublished

Take Me Down

Jacob said to his son,
“You cannot quit until the job gets done.”
Joseph said, “No.” Jacob said, “Yes.”
Through this life we are surely blest

Take me down
Take me down
On that cross
I’ve been hanging on

Joseph thought, “I need a friend.”
With the strength of twenty men
There she worked with a double bit
Axe that cracked like a cattle whip

Take me down
Take me down
On that cross
I’ve been hanging on

“Oh my God!” Joseph exclaimed.
“And by the way what is your name?”
“Call me Mary, if you will.”
On the ground that her father tilled

Take me down
Take me down
On that cross
I’ve been hanging on

On the night Mary was due
Without a home, Joseph knew
Child of God, give us rest
Through this life we are surely blest

Take me down
Take me down
On that cross
I’ve been hanging on

Words & music by Larry Long
Copyright Larry Long 2021 | BMI
Adapted from ‘The Mark of the Maker’ by Tom Hegg.

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