Now its hard to describe what my life used
to be to someone whose always been able to see.
You know I wasn't unhappy or bitter that way,
and everything's changed since I met Him that day.

I was down by the corner, just passing the time,
sittin' in the sunlight and feeling it shine,
when the sounds of a crowd began to grow in my ear,
so I waited and I listened as I heard them draw near.

Then a man stepped up to me and He spat on the ground.
He put the mud on my eyes then smeared it around.
Sent me off to Shiloam to wash off the clay,
then I opened my eyes and I looked at the day.

And I had no idea how He did it.
I just know what happened to me.
Yesterday I was in darkness.
But since I met Him, I can see.

When the pharisees heard it,
they put me on trial,
even called in my parents and grilled them awhile.
And when at the end I defended the man,
who had opened my eyes all the trouble began.

'Cause I said, `Ever since the beginning of time,
no one's opened the eyes of someone born blind.
This man's sent from God it just can't be denied'.
And they cursed me and grabbed me and threw me outside.

I really don't know how He found me.
But I know who was talking to me.
It was easy to tell by the sound of His voice ...
That He was the reason I see.

And as soon as He spoke to me,
I couldn't hide,
the emotion that welled up from deep down inside,
and combined with the dreams that He made to come true,
to kneel there and worship, was all I could do..........

And I called Him my Lord and my Saviour,
for everything He's done for me.
Yesterday I was in darkness,
but since I met Him - I can see.

And I called Him my Lord and Messiah, for everything He's done for me ....

©1981 New Spring, Inc. - Don Francisco
Used with permission.