if you want heaven then listen to me
don’t take the path I have trod
I was a prisoner of iniquity
I had forsaken my God
(chorus)
you are a soldier in life’s endless war
and even after you’ve gone
the battle it rampages forevermore
God knows who’s side you are on
if in confession your conscience resides
bind up your wounds while you can
leave not by chalk-mark your shadow defined
just draw a line in the sand
(chorus)
no more will I be a soul bound in chains
I’ve broken out of my jail
witness the light that o’er my life remains
rescued in spite of myself
(chorus)
if you want heaven then listen to me
don’t take the path I have trod
I was a prisoner of iniquity
but not forsaken by God
once called a prisoner of iniquity
but never forsaken by God