It Should Have Been Me

A meek and humble man

was one day brought before a king

and silently endured disgrace and shame

Not for wrongs that he had done

Jesus was his name

The king then said

In him I can find no blame

But the jeering crowds

cried crucify him anyway

We'll not have this man

To be our king

So they beat him

And then nailed him

To a wooden cross of shame

This story's true

And Jesus was his name

It should have been me

Nailed up on that tree

The innocent died

And the guilty went free

It pleased God to bruise him

To give his life for me

How can I refuse him

When it should have

Been me