When I was a child
I heard a great story
Of kingdoms and empires
And prophets of old
Of heroes and martyrs
Who died for their
cause
And through every chapter
The story was told
Of
redemption and love
Sometimes written in red
Headed right to the
heart
Of every woman and man
CHORUS
And down through
the ages
Again and again
It's the greatest story ever told
Straight from the pages
From beginning to end
It's the greatest
story ever told
Wise could never begin to explain
The measure of
grace
This wonderous book holds
It's more than a fable
Or and
old fairy tale
It's the greatest, greatest story ever told
For thousands of years
This pearl of great wisdom
Has weathered
through changes
And lasted through wars
Many a doubter
Has
risen and fallen
Built the story had never once
Abandoned it's
course
For the author still speaks
To the listening one
Through the voices of men
And through the pages
The pages of
love
REPEAT CHORUS
This world that we live in could
never contain
The wealth of compassion
This wondrous book holds
It's more than a fable or an old fairy tale
It's the greatest, greatest
story ever told