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Softly and tenderly Jesus is calling, |
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Calling for you and for me; |
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See, on the portals He's waiting and watching, |
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Watching for you and for me. |
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Come home, come home, |
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You who are weary, come home; |
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Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, |
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Calling, O sinner, come home! |
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Why should we tarry when Jesus is pleading, |
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Pleading for you and for me? |
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Why should we linger and heed not His mercies, |
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Mercies for you and for me? |
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Come home, come home, |
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You who are weary, come home; |
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Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, |
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Calling, O sinner, come home! |
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Time is now fleeting, the moments are passing, |
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Passing from you and from me; |
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Shadows are gathering, deathbeds are coming, |
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Coming for you and for me. |
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Come home, come home, |
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You who are weary, come home; |
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Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, |
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Calling, O sinner, come home! |
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O for the wonderful love He has promised, |
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Promised for you and for me! |
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Though we have sinned, He has mercy and pardon, |
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Pardon for you and for me. |
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Come home, come home, |
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You who are weary, come home; |
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Earnestly, tenderly, Jesus is calling, |
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Calling, O sinner, come home! |
