as I walked down a narrow street

I looked, I thought

I paced my feet

as I thought my mind hit a wall

about the great tommrow

or could this be all

but really I'm only a simple man

I'll try my best

the gold nuggets he'll pan

then I remembered as only a lad

mom taught me that

"man" was bad

then i remembered a special book

twas called the Bible

i must have a look

as from the dust I had to clear

I began at random

as I started to fear

now I tell this only to thee

but the first verse i read

was verse 16 John three

he gave his Son

'cause he loved the world

now what else could be done?

tis finished he said on the cross

as he gave his life

to save the lost

I relised, I'm the sinner, I'm the bad

for that I was thankful

for that I was glad

I kneeled down beside the bed

I bent the knee

I bowed the head

I thanked him for his only Son

for dying for the bad

'cause I was one

I'll never forget that precious night

in lost, dark days

It brought me light

-Jon Jr

I am a rock

I am a island

I've nothing to do

with the world that you see

I am a rock

I am a island

I'm not connected to

any of thee

I am a rock

I am a island

lost in the love

of God's sea

I am a rock

I am a island

and I will stand

for eternity

-Jon Jr.

if he takes these eight-years

and eight-year to trace

could he look down upon me

and look into my face

and say child thou hast completed

and won the bitter race

so upon these eight-years

if eighty-years I see

I'd love to see him smile

and be content with me

so for the rest of my eighty-years

Lord I will live for thee

-Jon Jr