The Church across the Street
Words and music by Timothy Mark
Copyright 1997 Global Outreach Music/BMI. All rights reserved.
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She put the phone back in its cradle and she leaned against the wall
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Devastating silence from a long awaited call
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“Congratulations” had confirmed her deepest fears
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As she gave herself the label “unwed mother, eighteen years”
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And at the church across the street the band played on
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And the choir sang another verse of another lovely song
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But her world was crashing in apartment thirty-three
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And she wondered if she would ever meet
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Someone from the church across the street
She left her apartment at a quarter after eight
Drove the mile to the clinic walked inside the iron gate
She was greeted warmly with reassurance in his voice
A simple safe procedure but had she made the proper choice
Chorus:
And at the church across the street the band played on
And the choir sang another verse of another lovely song
But her world was crashing as she paid the doctor's fee
And she wondered if she would ever meet
Someone from the church across the street
Aching recollections she tries to forget
But the room where she had lived alone she shares with her regret
She sits by her window and longs for something more
As she listens to a baby cry in apartment thirty-four
Chorus:
And at the church across the street the band played on
And the choir sang another verse of another lovely song
But her world was crashing in apartment thirty-three
And she wondered if she would ever meet
Someone who could help her with her need
Maybe someone from the church across the street