Before The Sun Goes Down

Did I live with love and grace

And dry the tears on some small face?

Did I drink the sunlight in

Look on loosing as a win?

Did I take the highest road?

Did I repay the debt I owed?

Search me, search me now

I pray and wash my every sin away

Before the purple sunset skies

Before the carpe diem dies

Before I close my eyes to sleep and pray

Dear Lord, my soul to keep

Before I reach the end of day

I've got to know I've walked Your way

Before the darkness shades the ground

Before the sun goes down

Did I keep my word today

And mean the things you heard me say?

Did I make sincere amends with those

I wronged, my kin and friends?

Did I seek to be more real

And verbalize the pains I feel?

Did I think on what is good

And help my brother when I could?

Before the purple sunset skies

Before the carpe diem dies

Before I close my eyes to sleep and pray

Dear Lord, my soul to keep

Before I reach the end of day

I've got to know I've walked Your way

Before the darkness shades the ground

Before the sun goes down

As I reflect, I must confess that

I might not have past some test

And I fell short in everything

For my poor flesh is limiting

And I regret my whole life through

I did not spend much time with you

But if there's time and one more breath

And one more hour of daylight left

Before the purple sunset skies

Before the carpe diem dies

Before I close my eyes to sleep and pray

Dear Lord, my soul to keep

Before I reach the end of day

I've got to know I've walked Your way

Before the darkness shades the ground

Before the sun goes down

By: Tanya Goodman Sykes