MYSTERIOUS WAYS (PART III)
Lyrics & music by Steve Haggard, published by Golden Harp Music, BMI. All Rights Reserved.
 
The original version of "Mysterious Ways" was the title song of an earlier album of mine, and I wasn't planning on writing a second version of the song, let alone a third version. But it just seemed to happen. After I'd written and recorded "Part II" for my Love Conquers All CD, more verses "mysteriously" appeared, and so....             Steve H.

1. I was walkin’ on some back road / rain was pourin’ down
Wanderin’ in the wilderness / not a soul around
Everything was darkness / like the middle of the night
And I began to wonder / if I’d ever see the light
Then I just opened up my eyes / and I was amazed
You see, the Lord works / in mysterious ways

2. I crossed the ragin’ river / swam against the tide
Well, I just had to see / what was on the other side
And I crawled up on that shoreline / where wise men fear to tread
Expecting desolation / but I found love instead
And like the sun it was shining / and it warmed me with its rays
Ah, the Lord works / in mysterious ways

3. Life ain’t always easy / it can be a trail of tears
But you gotta keep believin’ / and cast away your fears
The happiness you’re seekin’ / you can’t buy it off a shelf
No, all you gotta do is look / deep inside yourself
And you'll find it there waitin' / and it's been there always
Because the Lord works / in mysterious ways

4. Some say love is an illusion / that it don’t even exist
And you know, I pity them / for everything they’ve missed
Sure it can break your heart / and I’ve been there once or twice
But that’s the chance you take / when you’re seeking paradise
They say, "love conquers all" / and that’s a loaded little phrase
Yeah, the Lord works / in mysterious ways
 
Mysterious Ways (Part III) appears on the 
Steve Haggard CD, "Love Conquers All
Available on Wild Oats Records (OAT-715)