4,000 Crosses Lyrics

Copyright 2005, Wayne Carroll (BMI)

VERSE #1

Drivin' down a long country road
I just had a hundred miles to go
that's when I saw them in perfect rows
four thousand crosses alone in the cold

CHORUS #1

All of the crosses were white and bare
reaching toward heaven in the cold winter air
as I passed by them I'm sure that I saw
four thousand shadows were hovering there
four thousand shadows were hovering there

VERSE #2

Lay in my bed tryin' to sleep that night
by counting those crosses so small and so white
each represented a life cast away
sin of our nation in only one day

CHORUS #2

I finally fell into peaceful sleep
saw four thousand faces at Jesus' feet
He picked up each child and He held them so close
what we discarded, He valued the most
what we discarded, He valued the most

BRIDGE

Four thousand children with names unknown
four thousand blessings we tossed by the road
the shadows I saw in the cold winter air
were four thousand angels that carried them home
four thousand angels that carried them home

CODA

This nation is traveling a long winding road
we've still got a million miles to go
God hasten the day when there won't have to be
four thousand faces
four thousand shadows
and four thousand crosses to see