Weve turned the page, for a new day has dawned

Weve re-arranged what is right and whats wrong

Somehow weve drifted so far from the truth

That we cant get back home

Where are the virtues that once gave us light

Where are the morals that governed our lives

Someday we all will awake and look back

just to find what weve lost



We need to get back

To the basics of life

A heart that is pure

And a love that is blind

A faith that is fervently

grounded in Christ

The hope that endures for all times

These are the basics,

we need to get back

To the basics of life



The newest rage is to reason it out

Just meditate and you can overcome every doubt

After all man is a God, they say

God is no longer alive



But I still believe in the old rugged cross

And I still believe there is hope for the lost

And I know the rock of all ages will stand

Through changes of time



We need to get back

To the basics of life

A heart that is pure

And a love that is blind

A faith that is fervently

grounded in Christ

The hope that endures for all times

These are the basics,

we need to get back

To the basics of life



BRIDGE

Weve let the darkness invade us too long

Weve got to turn the tide

Oh and we need the passion that burned long ago

To come and open our eyes

Theres no room for compromise



We need to get back

To the basics of life

A heart that is pure

And a love that is blind



We need to get back

To the basics of life

A heart that is pure

The hope that endures for all times

These are the basics,

we need to get back

To the basics of life