If I Stand Performed by Jars of Clay Album: AWESOME GOD: a tribute to Rich Mullins Written by Rich Mullins & Steve Cudworth (c) 1998 BMG Songs, Inc. (ASCAP) Capo 4th Fret INTRO: Verse 1: There's more that rises in the morning than the sun More that shines in the night than just the moon There's more than just this fire here that keeps me warm In a shelter that is larger than this room There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment A music higher than the songs that I can sing The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the giver of all good things Chorus: So if I stand let me stand on the promise that you will pull me through And if I can't let me fall on the grace that first brought me to you If I sing let me sing for the joy that has born in me these songs But if I weep let it be as a man who is longing for his home Verse 2: There's more that dances on the prairies than the wind More that pulses in the ocean than the tide There's a love that is fiercer than the love between friends More gently than a mother's when her baby's at her side There's a loyalty that's deeper than mere sentiment A music higher than the songs that I can sing The stuff of earth competes for the allegiance I owe only to the giver of all good things