Thirty long years of doing it my way
Brought me here
The road behind me is littered with the ruins
Of decisions made in fear
But don't be afraid
The Lord has so sweetly said
And depending on His word
I will surrender, surrender, surrender, surrender

My habitual desire to control
I now abandon
And from my schemes so carefully conceived
I release every one
And in humility
I set you free from me
My playing God is over
Now I surrender, surrender, surrender, surrender

I pray to be a bow upon my life affixing an arrow
A dazzling weapon of Your will
Like the poet says, let that string that sings be mine
And as a simple tool of Your design
Remember, remember
Pretender, pretender
Surrender, surrender