The Giver
My father, he calls me
From the hospital room
Says, "You'd better come quickly"
So we drove the night through

My sister, she calls me
I hear tears in her voice
Says, "A family was chosen,"
"We are getting a beautiful baby boy"

Hear my brother's voice breaking
As he speaks of their plans
But, my God, what a picture
Of your love as he kisses her bloated hand

[Chorus]
There's no love so unusual
As I see you in the smile of a babe at the funeral
In the tears shed on the casket
While people who loved and were loved loudly sing,
"Glory to the great Giver of all good things!"
Hallelujah, Amen, Amen
Hallelujah, Amen, Amen

And this sweet child you gave us
Whom his mother gave up
I hear you in the laughter
In the sorrow and joy as they flow mingled down

[Chorus]
There's no love so unusual
As I see you in the smile of a babe at the funeral
In the tears shed on the casket
While people who loved and were loved loudly sing,
"Glory to the great Giver of all good things!"

Even now, you take from me
My desires, and I should
But I look at your doing
And freely say, "It is good"

Not just good when I see
The good things it has wrought
Even now I'm afflicted
And I take pleasure that I am in the hand of God

[Chorus]
There's no love so unusual
As I see you in the smile of a babe at the funeral
In the tears shed on the casket
While people who loved and were loved loudly sing,
"Glory to the great Giver of all good things!"