I Wouldn't Go Back



Words and Music by Lawrence Chewning



I wouldn't go back, I wouldn't go back

I wouldn't go back

To that life I used to live

I wouldn't go back

I'm never going back again



That's all behind me

So don't you remind me

It's all too vivid in my mind

I wouldn't go back

To that life I used to live

I chose to leave it all behind



Lead me on, lead me on

Whatever it takes

Oh Lord, lead me on



I wouldn't go back

To that life I used to live

Before the night I knelt

And asked God to forgive me

Oh, the pain I felt, the tears I shed,

The loneliness inside

I wouldn't go back

I wouldn't go back, not I



I still recall that night one Fall

How close I came to ending my life

Just before You came

Lying on my bed

The ceiling over my head kept screaming,

Who are you anyway?

What could I say?

Sitting in my living room

Tears streaming down my face

Life was such a waste 'til I met You



Jesus! I wouldn't go back

I wouldn't go back

Never again, never again

Never again, no

I wouldn't go back

To that life I used to live

I wouldn't go back, I wouldn't go back

I'll never go back

I'll never go back

I'm never going back again



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