I Saw It First in Her--Lyrics
By Erin McGaughan
This selection is included in Unity Worldwide Ministries' Online Choral Library.
VERSE The tender strength to hold a new-born babe, The mother’s milk to make it grow, The fierce attention to keep it safe, And the boundless love to let it go,
CHORUS I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, Holy Mother, Sweet Divine! I saw it first in her, and now it lives in me.
VERSE The softer music of a summer sky, The cool seduction like a flower, The raw compassion and the need to cry, The ebb and flow of nature’s power,
CHORUS I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, and now it lives in me.
BRIDGE And all the things I thought were hers alone, The secret wisdom of her kind She was longing to share with me, Another face of our Divine!
And all the things I thought a man should be Were only seeds of something more, Something vast and unlimited, And when I opened, Love was born.
VERSE Now is the gratitude I feel today More of woman or of man? For there is strength and tenderness In my heart and in my hand.
CHORUS I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, Holy Mother, Sweet Divine! I saw it first in her, and now it lives in me.
copyright Erin McGaughan 2006
This selection is included in Unity Worldwide Ministries' Online Choral Library.
VERSE The tender strength to hold a new-born babe, The mother’s milk to make it grow, The fierce attention to keep it safe, And the boundless love to let it go,
CHORUS I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, Holy Mother, Sweet Divine! I saw it first in her, and now it lives in me.
VERSE The softer music of a summer sky, The cool seduction like a flower, The raw compassion and the need to cry, The ebb and flow of nature’s power,
CHORUS I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, and now it lives in me.
BRIDGE And all the things I thought were hers alone, The secret wisdom of her kind She was longing to share with me, Another face of our Divine!
And all the things I thought a man should be Were only seeds of something more, Something vast and unlimited, And when I opened, Love was born.
VERSE Now is the gratitude I feel today More of woman or of man? For there is strength and tenderness In my heart and in my hand.
CHORUS I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, I saw it first in her, Holy Mother, Sweet Divine! I saw it first in her, and now it lives in me.
copyright Erin McGaughan 2006
