The Watchful Heart
Track 5
A D Bm7 There’s a quiet in the evening and a A whisper in the flame F#m F#m6 Dmaj7 I’m listening for the footsteps A calling out my name D Ten candles in the doorway where the midnight winds are cold A Some carried oil inside their hearts, some only carried gold F#m7 B D The cry came through the darkness C#m7 Now the Bridegroom draws so near Bm7 C#m7 Five lamps were burning steady D E light, and five fell short of here Bm7 C#m7 Bm7 A So keep the little light I’ve given, Amaj7 keep it warm and bright D E A The door is opening any hour of night Keep the lamp, keep the watch D A Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop E When the world grows still and the D stars lean in E D E A Let me be awake when You come again E A master left his household and he Bm7 set a steward’s care D A To give their food in season and to tend with patient prayer F#m7 B But some began to beat the ones they Dmaj7 promised they would feed C#m7 I want to be the faithful heart that Bm7 serves in word and deed C#m7 Not for the praise of passing days, D but for the joy to see E The Master smile and call my name You’ve watched and waited Me A Keep the lamp, keep the watch D A Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop E When the world grows still and the Amaj7 stars lean in Bm7 Let me be awake when You come again D Dmaj7 C#m7 Like a thief without a warning, like the sudden break of light Bm7 C#m7 F#m7 You will step across the threshold of our ordinary night D Dmaj7 C#m7 Teach my soul the simple posture steady hands and open eyes Bm7 C#m7 Dmaj7 Let my lamp be trimmed and burning A E7 when the Bridegroom splits the skies Em E A Keep the lamp, keep the watch Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop E If the midnight call is on the wind D Find me wide awake when You come again A E Keep the lamp, keep the watch D A Fill it with Your love till the shadows drop E If the midnight call is on the wind D A Find me wide awake when You come again D There’s a quiet in the evening and a A whisper in the flame E F#m Bm7 I’m waiting with a watchful heart A Asus4 till You call my name