Michael Card - Why Chords

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Why did it have to be a friend  who chose to betray the Lord
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Why did he use a kiss to show them? That's not what a kiss is for
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Only a friend can betray a friend, a stranger has nothing to gain
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And only a friend comes close enough to ever cause so much pain


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And why did there have to be thorny, crown pressed upon His head
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It should have been the royal one, made of jewels and gold instead
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It had to be a crown of thorns, because in this life that we live
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For all who seek to love, a thorn is all the world has to give

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And why did it have to be  a heavy, cross He was made to bare
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And why did they nail His feet and hands, when His love would have held Him there
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It was a cross for on a cross, a thief was supposed to pay
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And Jesus had come into the world, to steal every heart away
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Yes, Jesus had come into the world to steal every heart away