God Of My Fathers (Counting Stars Album Version)-Andrew Peterson

[ti:God of My Fathers] [ar:Andrew Peterson] [al:Counting Stars] [by:] [offset:0] [00:12.81]God of my fathers [00:15.37]Huddled in the harbor [00:17.19] [00:18.38]Every man an ocean from his home [00:21.44] [00:23.39]Their captors could not keep them [00:26.35]When they heard the drums of freedom [00:29.55]The dream of a kingdom [00:31.86]In a land they've never known [00:34.60] [00:35.40]And God of my fathers [00:38.02]Strangers in this country [00:40.58] [00:41.59]Pilgrims on these dusty roads [00:44.90] [00:47.07]Across the great plains [00:49.33]In the bellies of the steel trains [00:52.74]To stake a new claim [00:54.62]In that wilderness of hope [00:57.31] [00:58.42]Like my fathers I am looking for a home [01:02.85] [01:03.54]Looking for a home beyond the sea [01:07.17] [01:09.40]So be my God and guide me [01:11.72]Till I lie beneath the hills [01:14.09] [01:15.84]Then let the great God of my fathers [01:18.46]Be the great God of my children still [01:22.67] [01:34.06]God of my grandfathers [01:36.62]Gone these many years now [01:39.93]I guess they're shining like the sun [01:43.35] [01:45.61]And I envision them [01:48.11]Grinning at the finish [01:50.30]And they smile and they smile [01:53.13]'Cause they love to see me run [01:55.69] [01:57.31]Like my fathers I am looking for a home [02:01.49] [02:02.23]Looking for a home beyond the sea [02:05.67] [02:07.86]So be my God and guide me [02:10.29]Till I lie beneath the hills [02:12.79] [02:14.16]Then let the great God of my fathers [02:17.47]Be the great God of my children still [02:22.85] [02:36.58]Now we're counting stars and counting sand [02:40.56]Little feet and little hands [02:43.18] [02:44.13]We're counting joys [02:45.68] [02:48.24]We pray you'll know them [02:50.74]As you knew us when you wove us [02:53.48] [02:54.42]As you hold us [02:56.42]Hold them please hold them [02:59.91]Like their father they are looking for a home [03:04.25] [03:05.19]Looking for a home beyond the sea [03:08.51] [03:10.64]So be their God and guide them [03:13.05]Till they lie beneath these hills [03:15.93] [03:17.12]And let the great God of their father [03:20.36]Be the great God of their children [03:22.74] [03:23.30]Let the great God of my fathers [03:25.48] [03:26.04]Be the great God of my children still