DAUGHTER OF ZION

DAUGHTER OF ZION I CALL YOU THIS DAY
LIFT UP YOUR HEAD AND NOT BE DISMAYED
I’M COMING JUST AS I SAID
DON’T BE FRIGHTENED, I’M COMING AGAIN

DAUGHTER, OH DAUGHTER OF MINE
HOW I LONG FOR YOUR LOVE AND TIME
HOW I LONG FOR YOU TO TURN TO ME
DAUGHTER, OH DAUGHTER OF MINE

YOU ARE MY CREATION
THERE’S NO ONE LIKE YOU
YOU ARE SPECIAL, UNIQUE
JUST ONE OF A KIND

YOU’RE THE CROWN OF MY CREATION
A HELPER, A HELPMATE, A MOTHER, A FRIEND
STAY CLOSE TO MY HEART
AND ABIDE WITH ME THERE

I AWAIT YOUR TIME TO SHARE
SOME TIME, SOME PLACE, A LITTLE WHILE
THAT YOU AND I COMMUNE WHILE THERE
DAUGHTER, OH DAUGHTER OF MINE

DAUGHTER OF ZION, MY YOLK IS LIGHT
REST IN ME, IN PURE DELIGHT
DAUGHTER OF ZION COME ABIDE WITH ME
FOR I WILL GIVE YOU ETERNAL PEACE

DAUGHTER OF ZION LIFT OF YOUR HEAD
FOR I’M COMING JUST AS I SAID
DON’T LOOK TO THE LEFT OR TO THE RIGHT
JUST FOCUS ON ME THROUGH ALL THE PLIGHT

SO DAUGHTER OF ZION LIFT UP YOUR HEAD
FOR I’M WITH YOU JUST AS I SAID
DRAW CLOSE TO ME, AND I WITH YOU
ABIDE IN ME WITH A LOVE THAT’S TRUE

A LOVE TO BE TREASURED      
A LOVE THAT IS TRUE
RECEIVE ME NOW, WILL YOU?
DAUGHTER OF ZION I HAVE SPOKEN THIS DAY
RECEIVE ME THOU YOU?

    Ps. 125:1 They that trust in the LORD shall be as mount Zion, which cannot
    be removed, but abideth for ever.
    Ps. 125:2  As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round
    about his people from henceforth even for ever.

by Sandy Jackson 5/2/97