I SAW A STRANGER LONG AGO
AND HE WAS PERFECT IN MY SIGHT
THOUGH HE LOOKED NEITHER LIKE A KING
NOR STRONG ENOUGH TO FIGHT

HE SEEMED TO GATHER PEOPLE
AS HE WALKED THROUGH MANY TOWNS
AND JUST BEHIND THIS PERFECT STRANGER
A WOMAN TOUCHED HIS GOWN

HE BLESSED HER FOR HER FAITH
CURED A MAN OF LEOPROCY
THE PERFECT STRANGER TOUCHED THE EYES
OF THE BLIND AND LET THEM SEE

HE SPOKE OF TRUTH AND LOVE
AND FORGIVENESS FOR ALL TIME
AND I HAD NOT A ONE OF THESE
IN THIS HEART OF MINE

SO I FOLLOWED HIM FROM PLACE TO PLACE
TO SEE WHERE HE MIGHT LEAD
AND THEN THIS PERFECT STRANGER
HANDED ME A MUSTARD SEED

HE SAID, "THOUGH IT IS SMALL
JUST A SEED AND NOTHING MORE
IF YOU HAVE FAITH AS MUCH,
THERE ARE MIRACLES IN STORE.."

THEN I WOKE ONE DAY TO FIND
THE PERFECT STRANGER WAS NOT THERE
SO I WALKED ACROSS THE DESERT
IN MY SORROW AND DESPAIR

I KNEW THAT I MUST FIND HIM
NO MATTER WHAT THE COST
THEN I SAW THE PERFECT STRANGER
BEING NAILED ONTO A CROSS

MY HEART CRIED OUT IN MERCY
THIS PERFECT STRANGER DID NO WRONG
ALL HE DID WAS SPEAK THE TRUTH
FILLING HEARTS WITH HOPEFUL SONG

THEY PLACED THORNS UPON THE HEAD
OF THIS MAN THAT WAS ADORED
THIS PERFECT STRANGER TOOK THE PAIN
AS THEY STABBED HIM WITH A SWORD

I CRIED OUT TO THIS MAN
"SIR, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME NOW
THERE'S SO MUCH I NEED TO DO
ONLY YOU CAN SHOW ME HOW"

HE LOOKED DOWN INTO MY EYES
HIS WORDS WENT STRAIGHT INTO MY HEART
HE SAID, "MY CHILD, I'LL NEVER LEAVE YOU
WE WILL NEVER BE APART

"BECAUSE YOU FOUND THE FAITH
YOUR LIFE WILL NEVER END
THOUGH YOU HAVE LOST A PERFECT STRANGER
YOU HAVE FOUND A PERFECT FRIEND."