when you called my name

i want to preach the word
they want messages
i check chapter and verse
they check their watches
i spy another yawn
i might as well be gone
let's stand and say 'amen'

some days i must admit
i still don't get this
could be it's time to quit
when days get like this
i slip into the night
then stumble towards the light
wake up and try again

when you called my name
i didn't know how far the calling went
when you called my name
i didn't know what that word really meant
when i recall your call
i feel
so small

could be i'm losing touch
could be they don't care
Lord knows i don't know much
Lord knows i've been there
i trip toward my retreat
i fall down at your feet
get up and try again

when you called my name
i didn't know how far the calling went
when you called my name
i didn't know what that word really meant
when i recall your call
i feel
so small

Lord what did you see
when you called out for me?

i start losing heart
and then
it comes again
lifted from despair
by the prayers of someone

lifted from despair
by the prayers of someone

when you called my name
i didn't know how far the calling went
when you called my name
i didn't know what that word really meant

when you called my name
steven taylor and peter furler (1995)