Lyrics

Hard-Earned Love
Parody of "Modern Love" performed and written by David Bowie
(Romans 8:28-34; John 6:44, 15:16; 1 John 4:10; Ephesians 2:8-10; Titus 3:5; 2 Corinthians 1:21)

I know what to throw out
I know what should stay in
My guessing's done

I've cash to pay for joy
But this won't bring me change
I ran and hid from sin
But I never made wide strides
But I cried, I cried

That's no kind of life
It left some powerful scars
Undying in my brain
Then another way I tried
Now I thrive, I thrive

Never would if not for
(Sovereign love) Knocked me sideways
(Sovereign love) Rocked my pride
(Sovereign love) Led me to the church one night

(Church one night) There I finally
(Church one night) Begged His pardon
(Church one night) Put my trust in God, not man

(God, not man) No concessions
(God, not man) No revisions
(God, not man) I don't believe in hard-earned love

It's not really works
It's just the power of God
We'll stand in Him and win
I've forever waived my rights
But I thrive, I thrive

Never would if not for
(Sovereign love) Knocked me sideways
(Sovereign love) Rocked my pride
(Sovereign love) Led me to the church one night
(Church one night) There inside me
(Church one night) Faith was starting
(Church one night) Put my trust in God, not man

(God, not man) With no exceptions
(God, not man) And no conditions
(God, not man) I don't believe in hard-earned love

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(Hard-earned love)
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(Sovereign love) Sovereign love, it knocked me sideways
(Sovereign love)
(Sovereign love) Sovereign love, it rocked my pride
(Hard-earned love)
(Sovereign love) Sovereign love, it knocked me sideways
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(Sovereign love) Sovereign love, it rocked my pride
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Heaven doesn't call for
(Hard-earned love)
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(Hard-earned love) Heaven doesn't call for
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1 John 4:10
This is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son as an atoning sacrifice for our sins.