Choose Ye This Day

The world is at my doorstep with its banners and its goldIts promises of pleasure and its lies that don't grow oldIt's callin' to my children, it's callin' to my wifeSayin', "Lay your shield down, brother, live an easy life"

But I've seen where that road ends, and I know what it costsSo I drew a line across my threshold — I'll die before it's crossed

Choose ye this dayWhom ye will serveLet the whole world turn and runLet the storms and armies comeAs for me and my houseWe will serve the LordLet the whole world turn and runLet the storms and armies comeAs for me and my houseWe will serve the Lord

I carved it on the lintel, burned it deep into the woodSo every time my children pass, they'll know just where we stoodI took His name upon me, and I made my covenant plainNow I'll follow where He leads me, come the famine or the flame

The Lord will keep the house of any man who keeps the lineAnd the gates of hell won't break a door that He calls mine

Choose ye this dayWhom ye will serveLet the whole world turn and runLet the storms and armies comeAs for me and my houseWe will serve the LordLet the whole world turn and run

Joshua stood at Shechem with the tribes all gathered 'roundSaid, "Put away your strange gods" — and they laid their idols downHe set a stone for witness so the years would know their vowAnd that stone is at your doorstep, and it's askin' for yours now

Choose ye this dayWhom ye will serveLet the whole world turn and runLet the storms and armies comeAs for me and my houseAs for me and my houseWe will serve the Lord

As for me and my houseWe will serve the LordAs for me and my houseWe will serve the Lord