if I could cross over

I have lived a useless life
ask my family
ask my friends
every time I've ever strived
always comes
to a brutal end
please take me away
where I don't have to live
in a world that doesn't 
know how to forgive
give me an answer
I need to know how
if I could cross over
I would cross over
right now

nothing ever changes here
I've been working
I've been praying
but change doesn't come near
all my hope
is decaying
please take me away
from where I only lose
to somewhere where I
have something to choose
tell me the future
that you will allow
if I could cross over
I would cross over
right now

I can't take this anymore
take me now
away from here
I can't be who I was before
it's time for me
to disappear
please take me away
where I am not alone
please take me away
take me home
to the land of hope
and the gospel plow
if I could cross over
I would cross over
right now