Driving Nails

Driving Nails. - Lori Lee

This is a gospel song I do close to Easter. When I first read the lyrics to it, it touched my heart. I have a son... I cannot imagine the strength it took for Mary to stand back and watch the events take place with her son Jesus.

Rarely Herd recorded this song.
Words & Music by Bruce Carroll, Mickey Hiter, & Kevin Thomas

Lyrics:
Since that blessed night in the manger she watched her baby grow.

Seems like yesterday he was in her arms; where did the time go?

He learned his father's trade as she marveled at it all

Sweat dropped from her little carpenter s he made the timbers fall.



She can hear them driving nails upon the hillside.

And she prays that his spirit will not fail.

She watches as her young man undertakes his Father's will...

As she stands and listens to the driving nails.



In the streets of Jerusalem a child can disappear.

She was frantic as she looked for Him until she began to hear...

hammers up at the temple, She called him as she ran.

Surprised, she found him teaching like no ordinary man.



She can hear them driving nails upon the hillside.

And she prays that his spirit will not fail.

She watches as her young man undertakes his Father's will...

As she stands and listens to the driving nails.



Darkness covered all the land in the middle of the day.

She began to tremble as the earth began to quake.

Hammers, nails, and timbers of the carpenter's trade

made the sound that pierced her soul as the cross was being raised



She can hear them driving nails upon the hillside.

And she prays that his spirit will not fail.

She watches as her young man undertakes his Father's will...

As she cries and listens to the driving nails.

yes she cries and listens to the driving nails.

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[trumpetgirl2750]

The former piano player from my church used to sing this song as a solo, brings tears to my eyes every time. When he's finished, I don't think there's a dry eye in the church.

[BasketOfCandles]

@trumpetgirl2750 It makes me cry when I sing it :)

[KaitlynChelle]

such a beautiful song my mother sings it at church but to improve make the singing part a tad louder! :)

[flybyknight13]

i have a different version hat i used 2 sing, i think of it as a mothers day song!!! a different point of view

[1dbzmaster]

i love this song its so wonderful i can listen to this song over and over and still it gets more beautiful and more wonderful thank you for posting this song it really speeks right to the heart it had to take everything for mary to watch his son this song makes me cry bc it remines people what jesus did for all of us he didnt just die for some people he died for everyone but when i die i will see jesus ready to come in to heaven oh thank u so much for puting this song up it make cry in good way