Miles

<p>[Verse 1]<br/>There&#x27;s a mother on her knees<br/>Somewhere in San Francisco<br/>Looking up and begging please<br/>God, do not forget me now<br/>Her baby&#x27;s on machines<br/>&#x27;Cause his heart can not keep beating<br/>And she knows what desperate means<br/>&#x27;Cause the clock is ticking down, down<br/>And hope rushed in like waves<br/>That someone might just save the day<br/>And if heaven&#x27;s just a prayer away<br/>Then why she cries, would God not change things?<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>It may be miles and miles, before the journey&#x27;s clear<br/>There may be rivers, may be oceans of tears<br/>But the very hand that shields your eyes from understanding<br/>Is the hand that will be holding you for miles<br/>[Verse 2]<br/>There&#x27;s another mother on her knees<br/>Somewhere in San Francisco<br/>Looking up and begging please<br/>God, do not forget me now<br/>It happened like a dream<br/>He was laughing, he was running<br/>And she heard the sirens scream<br/>When her little boy fell down, down<br/>And she had never known<br/>The agony of letting go but<br/>A few miles down the road<br/>His heart would find a baby boy<br/>Just in time<br/><br/>[Chorus]<br/>It may be miles and miles, before the journey&#x27;s clear<br/>There may be rivers, may be oceans of tears<br/>But the very hand that shields your eyes from understanding<br/>Is the hand that will be holding you for miles<br/><br/>[Bridge]<br/>One moment someone whispers &quot;thank you&quot;<br/>Just then another heart cries &quot;How could you?&quot;<br/>When Jesus, who sees us, He says<br/>&quot;I hear you, I&#x27;m near you&quot;<br/>[Outro]<br/>And the very hand that shields your eyes from understanding<br/>Is the hand that will be holding you for miles