Maybe This Time (This Christmas)

Maybe This Time (This Christmas)
(Jacob McGowen)

1st Verse:
The shops are barren usually every time this year
But, they’re a little more abandoned now I fear
For it’s not food, but also gifts that people buy
And knick-knacks to endure
This thing that we call life
I work all day, come home and then
Hear a lot of noise, from my sons fighting
And my wife raising her voice
The clock is ticking towards December 25th
And I don’t know how we are gonna make it

Chorus:
But, maybe this time (this Christmas)
There’ll be abundant joy
I’ll get along fine with my wife
My kids will like their toys
And maybe this time (this Christmas)
I’ll forget all of my fears
Maybe this time (this Christmas)
We’ll have hope throughout the year

2nd Verse:
My sons are gone
And now, my home’s an empty nest
And I’ll confess, I like my home is not a mess
But, they ignore the calls my wife and I give them
And so we fret about their storm of problems
As we’ve grown older. we have come to know the Lord
And yet, we fear our kids don’t even grace His door
But, as a snowflake falls outside our windowsill
The hope of Christmas changes how we now feel

2nd Chorus:
Maybe this time (this Christmas)
Our sons will both come home
They’ll come to know Lord Jesus
And we’ll laugh the whole day long
Maybe this time (this Christmas)
We’ll work through our pain and tears
Maybe this time (this Christmas)
We’ll promise to stay near

3rd Verse:
My wife, she left us before Christmas last year
And how I’ve cried and cried
And shed a flood of tears
I lie awake and ill upon a sick man’s bed
And think of what comes next
And of the life I’ve led
Yet, who is that I see within my doorway
My sons are here to kneel beside me and to pray
And when they say that they both now know the Lord
I can now leave in peace
And walk through Heaven’s door

3rd Chorus:
Who would’ve known (this Christmas)
My sons would know the Lord
And have a wife and kids that they could lead
To know Him more
And who would’ve known (this Christmas)
We would all be made free
And meet one day in Heaven
And live for all eternity