SUNFLOWERS

I remember the day

I first saw the sky,
The breaking of dawn in the dew
The beautiful way
The clouds tumbled by
And the heavens were lit bright and blue

The desperate night
Had lingered so long
And our hope was a day not begun
But there in the light
Came the notes of a song
As the birds serenaded the Sun:

Oh sing to the night
You flowers of gold
Come and sing of the glory above!
For billowing bright
Each heart to behold,
He is rising upon us with love!

And we sunflowers all
In the fresh morning sun,
How we lifted our heads ever high!
And we sang in the thrall
Of the beautiful One
As He burst from the earth to the sky

I remember the day
When I first saw the dawn
And You shone through the yellow and blue
Now sunflowers say
With a passion reborn
Our glory has always been You

Oh sing to the night
You flowers of gold
Come and sing of the glory above!
For billowing bright
Each heart to behold,
He is rising upon us with love!