Shade for the Children Songtext
von Steve Camp

You came into our home one spring, a helpless bundle of joy
The innocence a young one brings, love employs
There′s a tenderness in your heart
Your mother's sweetness in your soul
And a fire from your father to burn against the cold
Ah, the first time you called me Daddy
My heart leaped through the sky
And I was struck by the reality, what
Lay before my eyes, oh Lord, I cried
I want to be shade for the children, a shelter from the storm
Be a place where they can grow in the ways of the Lord
And to train up my child to live a pure and godly life
Through the struggles and fears, dreams and tears of every day
To be shade for the children
Unless the Lord builds the house, oh, we′ll labor in vain
Oh, it's good to be under construction under His name
Well, like mighty warriors, our quiver is full of them
And like an arrow they will go where we have never been
As for me and my house, we'll serve the Lord each day
Drawing our strength from Him as we make our way, oh Lord, we pray


Let us be shade for the children, a shelter from the storm
Be a place where they can grow in the ways of the Lord
And to train up my child to live a pure and godly life
Through the struggles and fears, dreams and tears of every day
To be shade for the children
And if you ever stray, know that we have prayed
The Lord would bring you home
And with every step you take, you′ll someday discover
You were never alone, and when you have grown I pray
You′ll be shade for the children, a shelter from the storm
Be a place where they can grow in the ways of the Lord
And to train up my child to live a pure and godly life
Through the struggles and fears, dreams and tears of every day
You'll be shade for the children
Pray you′ll be shade for the children, for the children
(Lord, let us be shade for the children)
I want to be
(Lord, let us be shade for the children)
This is our prayer
(Lord, let us be shade for the children)
Every day, every day
(Lord, let us be shade for the children)
I want to be, I need to be
(Lord, let us be shade for the children)
Help me to be