Hard-Working Saints

Hard-Working Saints
(Jacob R. McGowen)

[1st Verse]
He closed his shop on Olive Street
Before the year’s first snow
He could no longer make ends meet
And the bank said he must go
For years, he sold such great coffee
To the young and all the old
He could have quit and given up
But he had a living hope

[1st Chorus]
He knew that life is full of sorrow
He knew that life is full of tears
Yet he knew that Christ holds all tomorrows
And that is why he never feared

[2nd Verse]
She helped the sick and dying
She loved her babies so
She opened up her home to kids
And gave the lost some hope
Never wanting riches
She died daily to herself
Believing in the King only
And a far, greater wealth

[2nd Chorus]
She served without expecting glory
She risked her mind and her own health
Yet she carried what she had been given
And clung to only Christ himself

[Bridge]
He sees us sigh, fight, and struggle
To get by and survive
He knows of all our burdens
And He hears us when we cry
He sees us sigh, fight, and struggle
To get by and survive
He knows of all our burdens
And He hears us when we cry

[Outro]
He’ll stand beside us in our battles
He’ll help us as He gives us life
And know, my brothers and my sisters
He is all we need to get by
He’ll stand beside us in our battles
He’ll help us as He gives us life
And know, my brothers and my sisters
He’ll be all we need to get by