[chorus]

JESUS KEEP ME NEAR YOUR HEART

[verse]

JESUS KEEP ME NEAR YOUR HEART

WHERE YOUR COMPASSION AND MERCY ALWAYS REIGNS IN MY HEART

AS YOU RENEW MY HEART IN THE HOLY SPIRIT MY COMFORTER FROM THE START

[chorus]

JESUS JESUS KEEP ME NEAR YOUR HEART

JESUS JESUS REVIVE MY HEART NOW

JESUS JESUS RESTORE MY HEART NOW

JESUS JESUS GIVE ME BACK MY SOFTENED HEART NOW

[verse]

JESUS KEEP ME NEAR YOUR HEART

NEAR THE CROSS WHERE YOU SHED YOUR PRECIOUS HOLY BLOOD AND WATER

FROM YOUR SIDE ON CALVARY'S MOUNTAIN

SUCH A HEALING STREAM GIVING BIRTH TO THE TRUE EVERLASTING CHURCH

FOR SALVATION FROM THE SAVIOR'S HOLY FOUNTAIN

[chorus]

JESUS JESUS KEEP ME NEAR YOUR HEART

JESUS JESUS REVIVE MY HEART NOW

JESUS JESUS RESTORE MY HEART NOW

JESUS JESUS GIVE ME BACK MY SOFTENED HEART NOW

[verse]

JESUS JESUS KEEP ME NEAR YOUR HEART

WHERE THE FIRST HEART BEAT STARTED IN THE WOMB

IN MY TREMBLING LITTLE SOUL FOR ETERNAL SALVATION

FOR MY ETERNAL SOUL'S PRESERVATION

JESUS JESUS KEEP ME NEAR YOUR HEART

JESUS JESUS GIVE ME BACK MY SOFTENED HEART YOUR RESURRECTION NOW

JESUS YOU ARE MY HEART AND MY RESURRECTION

JESUS