Name: Wretch Like Me
Duration: P00H04M39S
Description: I decided to write a Christmas song. Hope you enjoy.

Wretch Like Me

by Aaron Troyer

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I decided to write a Christmas song. Hope you enjoy.

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When you were born

Did the air down here burn

Inside your lungs?

Did the oxygen make you cry

When you first opened your eyes?

When you were born

Sitting by your earthly father’s side

Did it break your heart just to be alive

In a world that’s not your home?

My God, you love me

In spite of

Everything I am

And everything that

This world has

Done to your holy name

You left a kingdom

That was made of

Perfect harmony

I can’t believe it

You came down

To save a wretch like me

When you were born

Did it take patience to keep

Your mouth closed -

Instead of calling out to take your throne?

Jesus did you feel alone?

When you were born

Did you see my face and the faces of

All my family and the broken ones

Did we seem worthy of your blood?

My God you love me

In spite of

Everything I ever said about You

Before I

Lived beneath your grace

You left a kingdom

That was made of

Perfect Harmony

And I’ll keep proclaiming

That you came down,

You saved a wretch like me

When you were born, did you see me as your son?

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released December 2, 2016
Written by Aaron Troyer and Benjamin Roth.
Engineered, and mixed by Aaron Troyer.

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Aaron Troyer New Philadelphia, Ohio

I'm a dude who likes to play music and write songs.

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