Backslider

6 months straight I could hear you callin<br>Now Im on my way to the altar and the tears keep fallin<br>Hit the front and collapse, thinkin back I was so strong<br>Now Ive been gone so long, where did I go wrong<br>I was walkin up right, testifyin of Christ<br>Shinin my light, every day I would read and pray<br>To be saved I was so proud<br>But compromisin on this got me hangin wit my old crowd<br>Thinkin chillin wit the homies wouldnt hurt<br>Now they got me back in clubs and Im missin church<br>Flirt, flesh gots me gettin at these girls again<br>Forgot the Cross, now Im lost in the world of sin<br>I tried to play it off, like I still had a grip<br>Had everybody fooled not knowin I tripped<br>But I couldnt fool myself, its was time for repentin and prayin<br>Cause deep in my heart I heard Christ sayin<br> <br>[Chorus]<br>Backslider come back home<br>Believe me, you`ve gone to close<br>Jesus still loves me strong<br>Backslider to come back home<br> <br>Walkin in the world wit out no relief<br>And you`re full of grief cause you been robbed by the thief<br>God is sayin, its time to come back child<br>But Satan will condem you and make you feel exiled<br>But I know the story bout the prodigal son<br>And the Bible is true, and I know cause I was one<br>I read Luke 15 and started for my crown<br>There`s many parables about the lost and the found<br>Now you might be the son that journeyed from home<br>For some appearened reason you decided to roam<br>But you found you were walkin in the danger zone<br>Til suddenly you realized it was nothin like home<br>Feelin you can`t come back its too late, that`s just pride<br>Cause standin in the way is like suicide<br>Its time to come back and return to the Lord<br>Get cleaned up, delievered and restored<br>Its time to come home<br> <br>[Chorus]<br> <br>The Spirits alienated and the feelin ain`t there<br>You fell by the way side and nobody cares<br>The other hand is full of blood, guilt<br>But to take away your sin is why His blood spilt<br>You walk around wit a complex, all day<br>Everyday, but hey, I heard Pual say<br>Forget the things that are behind me, is what he said<br>Impress on foward to things that are ahead<br>In Revelations 2:4, words wont budge<br>God is sayin, come back to your first love<br>Come back home child to hug you again<br>Is my desire, cause God is married to the backslider<br>He never left you, but you left Him<br>What profit is a man to gain sin and lose his soul<br>See everything that glitters ain`t gold<br>And that would be the range cause nothin is equals to your soul<br>Man exchange, so come back home<br>Cause you`re a lost sheep and the wolf is on the roam<br>Forget your own life, lose it for Christ<br>Please don`t look back, no don`t be like Lot`s wife<br> <br>[Chorus]