An ode to the lord,
Is all I can afford,
Here's my charity,
Behold!
An ode to the lord,
Is all I can afford,
In the father, the word,
I respite, I abode.
Like a bird of song,
In the great trees among,
Has many songs,
But not a word,
Thus I shall sing my ode.
An ode to the lord,
Is all the praise I hoard,
In the depths of my heart,
Where his words find abode.
As the sounds of stream,
That reflects a sunlit gleam,
And breaks into a ford,
Shall my song spread your word.
An ode to the lord,
Is all I can afford,
Here's my charity,
Behold!
Oh
An ode to the lord,
I welcome you aboard,
Assembly of Saints,
An ancient accord,
To a worshipful mode.
In a silence we suffer,
If no shoulder on offer,
For my brother,
This song, a message,
To our lord.
An ode to the lord,
Is all I can afford,
Here's my charity,
Behold!
Oh
An ode to the lord,
Is all I can afford,
Here's my charity,
Behold!
Oh
The lord,
Is all I can afford,
Here's my charity,
Behold!
Oh
An ode to the lord,
Is all I can afford,
Here's my charity,
Behold!
Oh
An ode to the lord,
Is all I can afford,
Here's my charity,
Behold!
Oh