I see a child with his hand stretched out/His eyes searching for the love he longs for/I see his father push down to his knees/His mind spinning with the lies he’s lived for/Both are hurting, each in his own way/Forced together,only to pull away/If only they knew/The love they need is right within reach//Jesus the Friend that sticks closer than a brother/Jesus the Light as we travel life’s road/Jesus the Voice when our world seems so silent/Jesus whose love gives us hope//I see a child alone on the street/Weeping softly for the hurt deep inside/I see her lift her stinging eyes up to heaven/Wailing, asking, “Why do I have to cry?”/She turns back to her house, now noone else lives there/All she asks is for somebody just to care/If only she knew/The love she needs is right within reach//Jesus the Friend that sticks closer than a brother/Jesus the Light as we travel life’s road/Jesus the Voice when our world seems so silent/Jesus whose love gives us hope//Why are these children so lonely?/What makes this world cause as much pain as it does?/O God, can you hear us begging within/For love, for love?//Jesus the Friend that sticks closer than a brother/Jesus the Light as we travel life’s road/Jesus the Voice when our world seems so silent/Jesus whose love gives us hope//I see a child with his hand stretched out/His eyes searching for the love he longs for.