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Growing Young Lyrics
I've gone so far from my home
I've seen the world and I have known
So many secrets
I wish now I did not know
'Cause they have crept into my heart
They have left it cold and dark
And bleeding,
Bleeding and falling apart
CHORUS:
And everybody used to tell me big boys don't cry
Well I've been around enough to know that that was the lie
That held back the tears in the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons
Well we are children no more, we have sinned and grown old
And our Father still waits and He watches down the road
To see the crying boys come running back to His arms
And be growing young
Growing young
I've seen silver turn to dross
Seen the very best there ever was
And I'll tell you, it ain't worth what it costs
And I remember my father's house
What I wouldn't give right now
Just to see him and hear him tell me that he loves me so much
CHORUS
And when I thought that I was all alone
It was your voice I heard calling me back home
And I wonder now Lord
What it was that made me wait so long
And what kept You waiting for me all that time
Was Your love stronger than my foolish pride
Will You take me back now, take me back and let me be Your child
'Cause I've been broken now, I've been saved
I've learned to cry, and I've learned how to pray
And I'm learning, I'm learning even I can be changed
CHORUS
And be growing young
Growing young
Growing young
I've seen the world and I have known
So many secrets
I wish now I did not know
'Cause they have crept into my heart
They have left it cold and dark
And bleeding,
Bleeding and falling apart
And everybody used to tell me big boys don't cry
Well I've been around enough to know that that was the lie
That held back the tears in the eyes of a thousand prodigal sons
Well we are children no more, we have sinned and grown old
And our Father still waits and He watches down the road
To see the crying boys come running back to His arms
And be growing young
Growing young
Seen the very best there ever was
And I'll tell you, it ain't worth what it costs
And I remember my father's house
What I wouldn't give right now
Just to see him and hear him tell me that he loves me so much
It was your voice I heard calling me back home
And I wonder now Lord
What it was that made me wait so long
And what kept You waiting for me all that time
Was Your love stronger than my foolish pride
Will You take me back now, take me back and let me be Your child
I've learned to cry, and I've learned how to pray
And I'm learning, I'm learning even I can be changed
Growing young
Growing young
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To me, this song means... There is NOTHING one can do to make him unsaveable by God.
I love the concept. to be "Growing Young" Growing child like again. To me that means coming to the conclusion that we are totally helpless and need everything done for us, just like children, young children need so much done for them.
@Daishi111 Thank you for sharing that - I think you have the meaning right. I'm glad you shared it!
@Daishi111 Thank you for sharing that - I think you have the meaning right. I'm glad you shared it!
Rich Mullins loved the book "Orthodoxy" (1908) by G. K. Chesterton. The chorus contains a direct quote from this book: "We have sinned and grown old." I believe that quote was Mullins' basis and inspiration for writing "Growing Young."
Here is the quote in context, from chapter 4 of Orthodoxy: "Because children have abounding vitality, because they are in spirit fierce and free, therefore they want things repeated and unchanged. They always say, "Do it again"; and the grown-up person does it again until he is nearly dead. For grown-up people are not strong enough to exult in monotony. But perhaps God is strong enough to exult in monotony. It is possible that God says every morning, "Do it again" to the sun; and every evening, "Do it again" to the moon. It may not be automatic necessity that makes all daisies alike; it may be that God makes every daisy separately, but has never got tired of making them. It may be that He has the eternal appetite of infancy; for we have sinned and grown old, and our Father is younger than we."
My thoughts: We have indeed sinned and grown old. God never gets tired of making daisies, and he never gets tired of running down the road to throw his arms around one of his children who was lost and now is found; who was dead and is alive again. (Luke 15:24)