Invitation

Won't you come?

Come ! Won't you come, for the banquet is laid.
Won't you come, for the feast is prepared
Won't you come, won't you come ?
But one man said he'd bought a house and had to go and see it.
Another man said he'd bought a car and had to go and try it.
While another man said he married a wife and really couldn't come :
And they all, one by one ,made their excuses
Won't you come, won't you come.

But the invitation still went out
through the streets and alleyways
and all along the country lanes
where people gathered
won't you come and they came
beggars, blind and lame
and they filled all the house where the feast was.
Won't you come, won't you come.

Jesus said if you come with me,
then you must love me more than your house or your car
or even your family
And you must love me more even than yourself
And where my feast is there your feast will be
Won't you come, won't you come, won't you come ?


Song taken from Cry Hosanna, sequel to sound of Living Waters and Fresh Sounds