I am the resurrection and the Life   He that believeth in me   Though he were dead   Yet shall he live      A certain man had died   In the town of Bethany   And Lazarus was his name   The Bible says he was    A man that Jesus loved   And his sisters thought   It was a shame   Mary and Martha longed   For Jesus healing touch   To come and raise their brother   Cause they loved that boy so much   But Jesus had a plan not known to any man   That would soon take away their pain   They was waiting for Jesus   To come and say      Chorus:   Lazarus, Lazarus, Lazarus Come Forth      When he died he went to where   The saints of God did stay   In the holding place   They lived beyond the tomb   And there he saw Elijah, Moses, Samuel, even Ruth   And all the others jammed up in a room   He turned around and saw   Ol’ Gideon standin’ by the door   He walked up and said hey brother   What’s this group here for   Well Giddie said   Well alright this is testimony night   Have a seat man cause    The meeting is starting soon   While Mary and Martha   Just wanted to see      Chorus:   Lazarus, Lazarus, Lazarus Come Forth      Moses shook his stick    Said now this meeting come to order   Can I get a witness   For the Lord tonight   Abraham kicked it off   Said I want y’all know   That I knew him   He gave a child to my barren wife   Isaac waived his hand said   Hey daddy I knew him too   Jacob jumped up says   Amen Grandpa, preach it   Old dignified Solomon   Adjusted his robe and said   I knew him, He made me so smart   I started to teach it   Ezekiel said I knew him   As a wheel within a wheel   Job said man he healed me    When I was almost dead   Sampson said I knew him   When some Philistines tried to jump me   I took a donkey jawbone and busted a few heads   Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego said    We knew him in the fiery furnace   Jonah said man he gave me a second chance   Daniel cried out I knew him    In a hungry den of lions   The Holy Ghost hit King David   He just started to dance   Lazarus got so excited   He shouted Hey I knew him too   Moses put down his stick   Said hey who’s the new kid   Needless to say the room got real quiet   When Lazarus said But I knew him    In a way you all never did   You see man I walked with him and talked with him   I saw how his teachings awed the crowds   Those famous tears of compassion I could actually see   He used to come over to my house after church   And my sisters would make him dinner   And every month I even supported his ministry   You see man I watched him confront the Pharisees   I was there when he fed the five thousand   I heard the people gasp when he healed the lame   You see man I even remember the littlest things   The things that most folks would forget   Like the simple, loving way He’d just call my name   Up at the grave stone rolled away   With a loud voice Jesus started to say, Lazarus   You see it just seems like yesterday   I could hear that man saying my name   Lazarus   As a matter of a fact it seemed like today   Lazarus   Excuse me brothers I think I hear him calling me now   Lazarus   Jesus   Lazarus……….Jesus   Lazarus……….Jesus   Lazarus……….Jesus   Lazarus……….Hey Jesus   Lazarus, Come Forth   Come Forth, I command you, Come Forth   Jesus said, Lazarus, Lazarus, Lazarus Come Forth   Like he was saying sickness be healed   Mountains be moved   When he said, Lazarus Come Forth   Mary don’t weep Martha don’t moan   Here come your boy Comin’ Forth      He that believeth in me   Though he were dead   Yet shall he live