When they told you of the BaptistOf what Herod's men had doneYou fled into the wildernessYou fled to be aloneAnd you grieved the world's crueltyYou knew in flesh and boneThe heartache of "mistreated"And the sorrow of "alone"Lord you walked in lonely placesOh you felt our emptinessLord you walked in lonely placesTo know the pain of manIn Gethsemane you struggledJust to make it through the nightYou called on those who loved youBut weren't ready for the fightAnd you pleaded as they slumbered onYou knew in breath and bloodThe heartache of "abandoned"And the suffering of "one"Lord you walked in lonely placesOh you felt our emptinessLord you walked in lonely placesTo know the pain of manAnd in my darkest hoursI call upon Your name, oh LordAnd You come into the solitudeOf what I cannot face aloneOf what I cannot face aloneLord you walked in lonely placesOh you felt our emptinessLord you walked in lonely placesTo know the pain of manLord you walked in lonely placesTo know the pain of man
