Sweet Jesus Lyrics - Singles - Chapman Gary

by Gary Chapman 

There is a river running through this town 

It carries the water 

There isn't any way to slow it down 

Or make it stop 

I was a baby when the big bridge fell 

So I don't remember 

But I have listened to the stories well 

And so I know 

They were falling 

To the surface 

They were calling 

To their God 

And their cry was 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying 

Fishing for luck beneath the bridge that day 

A man in his eighties 

He saw it happen and began to pray 

As he dove in 

He found a mother and a baby boy 

They both wouldn't make it 

The mama handed him her only joy 

He took the child 

Then he was swimming 

Like he was twenty 

He made shoreline 

Then he died 

And his thoughts were 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying 

He was crying 

I miss my mother and the brave old man 

Though I never knew them 

They are the soul inside the man I am 

I bear their dreams 

And I am walking 

In their footsteps 

I am talking 

To their God 

And my cry is 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you catch us, save us 

Sweet Jesus, please won't you hear us crying 

We're all crying 

There is a river running through this town 

It carries the water 

There isn't any way to slow it down 

Or make it stop