Great Cloud of Witnesses

I was just four, my grandmother's place

I knelt by her sofa and started this race

And now I've been running for such a long while

I've kind of lost track of the miles

Sometimes I press on, sometimes I look back

Sometimes I just lay in the road on my back

When I've got to get up and I don't know how

I hear in the distance the roar of a crowd

It's the great cloud of witnesses

Cheering me on each step that I go

It's the great cloud of witnesses

They say the finish is worth every inch of the road

Moses is there, up in his seat

With my Grandad Wilfred, my Nana Bernice

There's Abraham, Isaac and my buddy Rich

And I think they're shouting "don't quit"

So if you are tired, and your back is sore

If you're not so sure you can run anymore

Then just take a moment and listen real close

Do you hear a sound like a heavenly host?

It's the great cloud of witnesses

Cheering us on each step that we go

It's the great cloud of witnesses

They say the finish is worth every inch of the road

It's friends and relations and each generation of saints who believed

And received The Prize

They have looked into His eyes

It's the great cloud of witnesses …