A popular song from 1954.
Words by Richard Mullan.
Music by Jack Richards.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
- He can turn the tides and calm the angry sea
He alone decides who writes a symphony
He lights ev’ry star that makes our darkness bright
He keeps watch all through each long and lonely night
He still finds the time to hear a child’s first prayer
Saint or sinner call and always find Him there
Though it makes Him sad to see the way we live
He’ll always say, “I forgive” - He can grant a wish or make a dream come true
He can paint the clouds and turn the gray to blue
He alone knows where to find the rainbow’s end
He alone can see what lies beyond the bend
He can touch a tree and turn the leaves to gold
He knows ev’ry lie that you and I have told
Though it makes Him sad to see the way we live
He’ll always say, “I forgive”, “I forgive”
Sung here by Vancha March: