I was looking for your love in all the wrong places
Didn't know the difference from the real and the unreal
Back then I never knew the truth or even paid attention
Maybe it was meant to be for things to be that way
I was only just a child when I heard about you
That you are my father
But I never got to really know you
I'm writing this letter to pour out my heart
Say my feelings on the verse how I feel to be part of you
I have faced so many storms in my life
Struggling to make it trying to find my way in this life
This can't be life this can't be right
A great void in my heart kept on crying for love
A missing piece in my life so important
And I never recognised till I got to be older
Now I see and I know that you care for me
I was a prodigal son but you loved me still

Father I thank you for your love and grace
If it wasn't for your mercy I'd be dead and gone
When my life was a mess you didn't let me down
But you turned it all around and you gave me a crown
Father I thank you for your love and grace
If it wasn't for your mercy I'd be dead and gone
When my life was a mess you didn't let me down
But you turned it all around and you gave me a crown
Father I thank you for your love and grace
If it wasn't for your mercy I'd be dead and gone
When my life was a mess you didn't let me down
But you turned it all around and you gave me a crown

Thank you for loving me
Thank you for finding me
Thank you for hiding me from everything that hunted me
I was lost in the dark doing silly things
Thinking I was living when my life was getting waisted
Sadly I never knew it I was blind and never knew
I messed up big time but then you gave me grace
I'm so glad you called me and I heard your voice
The day I read deuteronomy 18 verse 9 to 14 was a turning point
If it wasn't for your mercy I'd be dead and gone
I was a slave in the dark but you set me free
Whom the son sets free is truly free indeed
You are the way and the truth that has brought me life
Now I'm alive in you and all things are new
I wanna dwell in your presence and ride with you
For your love is so amazing there is none like this

Father I thank you for your love and grace
If it wasn't for your mercy I'd be dead and gone
When my life was a mess you didn't let me down
But you turned it all around and you gave me a crown

Father I thank you for your love and grace
If it wasn't for your mercy I'd be dead and gone
When my life was a mess you didn't let me down
But you turned it all around and you gave me a crown

Father I thank you for your love and grace
If it wasn't for your mercy I'd be dead and gone
When my life was a mess you didn't let me down
But you turned it all around and you gave me a crown

Jesus you're the best
Your love can not be matched
You're my pillar and my strength
Whenever I'm weak
True father to the fatherless
Your love is real
Arms are warm
And open to the ones who call
Who can love us like that
The greatest love of all
Shared your blood on the cross
Just to save us all
You didn't hold back anything
You gave it all
All glory, power and honour belongs to you lord

Father I thank you for loving me
You've been so good to me
Thank you for turning my life around
And for giving me hope
And so glad to be your child