Hard To Get Lyrics - Singles - Rich Mullins

You who live in Heaven 

Hear the prayers of those of us who live on earth 

Who are afraid of being left by those we love 

And who get hardened by the hurt 

Do you remember when You lived down here? 

Where we all scrape to find the faith to ask for daily bread 

Did You forget about us after You had flown away? 

Well I memorized every word You said 

Still I'm so scared, I'm holding my breath 

While You're up there just playing hard to get 

You who live in radiance 

Hear the prayers of those of us who live in skin 

We have a love that's not as patient as Yours was 

Still we do love now and then 

Did You ever know loneliness, did You ever know need? 

Do You remember just how long a night can get? 

When You were barely holding on and Your friends fall asleep 

And don't see the blood that's running in Your sweat 

Will those who mourn be left uncomforted 

While You're up there just playing hard to get? 

And I know You bore our sorrows 

And I know You feel our pain 

And I know it would not hurt any less 

Even if it could be explained 

And I know that I am only lashing out 

At the One who loves me most 

And after I figured this, somehow 

All I really need to know 

Is if You who live in eternity 

Hear the prayers of those of us who live in time 

We can't see what's ahead 

And we can not get free of what we've left behind 

I'm reeling from these voices that keep screaming in my ears 

All the words of shame and doubt, blame and regret 

I can't see how You're leading me unless You've led me here 

Where I'm lost enough to let myself be led 

And so You've been here all along I guess 

It's just Your ways and You are just plain hard to get