Take up your cross

Tell me good brother, are you feeling kind of low?
Your back's a-breaking and your legs are 'bout to go, I know
Tell me good sister, can you take another step?
You wanna lay it down but it just ain't over yet, not until the good lord says so
Don't let your heart be troubled, you know this road is glory, bound

So let's jump up turn around raise our hands and praise the lord,
You gotta take up your cross and follow Jesus
Calvary is the road that freed us
He died and rose again to make the way
Take up your cross and follow Jesus
He guides our steps and he'll never leave us
When we're done, we'll see him face to face

Tell me good people are your skies a-getting gray?
Rain's a-falling, can't face another day,
Everybody needs a little place where they can hide
Take it to the lord and he'll dry those tears you cry
In the sweet by and by
And when those clouds are threatening
He's a shelter from the storm

So let's jump up turn around raise our hands and praise the lord
You gotta take up your cross and follow Jesus
Calvary is the road that freed us
He died and rose again to make the way
Take up your cross and follow Jesus
He guides our steps and he'll never leave us
When we're done, we'll see him face to face

Like moses told ol' pharaoh: You gotta let my people go
You know Jesus came to set the captive free

So let's jump up turn around raise our hands and praise the lord
Take up your cross and follow Jesus
Calvary is the road that freed us
He died and rose again to make the way
Take up your cross and follow Jesus
He guides our steps and he'll never leave us
When we're done, we'll see him face to face