Stranger to Holiness

Looks like the boy's in trouble again

Living much too close to the edge of sin

Now he finds himself where he should not have been

Oh God, why is Your peace so hard to find

And the answer to the questions that haunt my mind

Oh Lord, Your ways are not like mine

And it pounds like thunder within in my breast

All the anger of my humanness

And though I call You "Lord" I must confess

I'm a stranger to Your holiness,

a stranger to Your holiness

Can we really be what we were meant to be

Jesus' people, living by the Spirit and living free

My heart longs to serve, but wanders so aimlessly

Oh Lord You deserve every part of me

Pounds like thunder within in my breast

All the anger of my humanness

And though I call You "Lord" I must confess

I'm a stranger to Your holiness,

a stranger to Your holiness

Hear my cry of desperation

as I see the wickedness of my ways

You alone are my salvation,

and Lord I've learned this one thing to be true

Is that the closer I get to You,

I see I'm a stranger

(to Your holiness)

Don't wanna be no stranger,

and it burns like a fire...

And it pounds like thunder within in my breast

All the anger of my humanness

And though I call You "Lord" I must confess

I'm a stranger to Your holiness,

a stranger to Your holiness

Don't wanna be no stranger

No, no

Don't wanna be no stranger

Don't wanna be no stranger

Looks like the boy's in trouble again

Oh, Lord

Don't stop loving us