24. Like A Child

Like a child,
Be like a child,
If you wanna get to heaven
Be like a child.
Like a child,
Be like a child,
If you wanna know ‘bout heaven
Be like a child.

One day two disciples went to Jesus;
They wanted to be seated near his throne;
One to your left, one to your right, they told him,
With prideful arrogance in their tone.
You don’t know what you’re asking, he told them,
That is not up to me to give,
But if you don’t change and become like little children,
Heaven isn’t where you’re gonna live.

Like a child,
Be like a child,
If you wanna get to heaven
Be like a child (x2)

Jesus liked to tell stories to the people,
But he told them things they couldn’t understand,
When his friends asked him why he did this,
He said it was just like he had planned.
I have kept my treasures hidden from the learned,
But I reveal them to those who are like a child
I will gladly share the secrets of the kingdom,
But only to those hearts that are mild.

Like a child,
Be like a child,
If you wanna know ‘bout heaven
Be like a child (x2)

Like a child,
Be like a child,
If you wanna get to heaven
Be like a child.
Like a child,
Be like a child,
If you wanna know ‘bout heaven
Be like a child.

© 2019 Aneel Aranha