Verse 1:
Life is great! – so sing about it,
As we can and as we should –
Shops and buses, towns and people,
Village, farmland, field and word.
Life is great and life is given;
Life is lovely, free and good.
Verse 2:
Life is great! – whatever happens,
Snow or sunshine, joy or pain,
Hardship, grief or disillusion,
Suffering that I can’t explain –
Life is great if someone loves me,
Holds my hand and calls my name.
Verse 3:
Love is great! – the love of lovers
Whispered words and longing eyes,
Love that gazes at the cradle
Where a child of loving lies;
Love that lasts when youth has faded,
Bends with age, but never dies.
Verse 4:
Love is giving and receiving –
Boy and girl, or friend with friend;
Love is bearing and forgiving
All the hurts that hate can send;
Love’s the greatest way of living,
Hoping, trusting to the end.
Verse 5:
God is great! in Christ He loved us,
As we should, but never can –
Love that suffered, hoped and trusted
When disciples turned and ran,
Love that broke through death forever.
Praise that loving, living Man!
