Wish

Brian Littrell

Welcome Home

For just a moment I wish I could have been there

to see your first step, hear your very first word

Tell me did you ever fall and scrape your knee?

Did you know your wounds would one day heal the world?

For just one moment I wish I could have seen you growing

Learnin’ the ways of a carpenter’s son

Just a little boy gazing at the stars

But you remember creating everyone

If you passed by would I have seen a child or a king?

Would I have known?

I wish I could have been there

My only wish is to see you face to face

Wish I could have been there

Just to see you Jesus face to face

For just a moment I wish I could have been there with you

You left your footprints upon the way

To walk along beside you and never look away

And just your whisper in the wind and to see you all day

To see you feed the people

To feel your healing in your touch

I wish I could have been there

My only wish is to see you face to face

Wish I could have been there

Just to see you Jesus face to face

To hear you pray in the garden alone

laying down your will with each tear

To see you walk that lonely road

Willing to die for me

And in that moment I know I should have been there

you took my cross you gave your life (and you live again)

Oh, and you live again

I wish I could have been there

My only wish is to see you rise again

Wish I could have been there

My only wish to see you Jesus face to face

Someday I’ll be there, I’m gonna be there

I’ll see your face, your mercy, your grace

Someday, Someday

I’m gonna see you Jesus face to f