Third Day 1996 album version: How many times have I turned away The number is the same as the sand on the shore But every time You've taken me back. And now I pray You do it once more. Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Jesus How many times have I turned away The number is the same as the stars in the sky But every time You've taken me back And now I pray You do it tonight. Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You, Jesus To give it away to You, Jesus Offerings II album version: Spoken: We're going to teach you all a song Well, some of you may know it, it's from our first record. But, uh, we're going to tape it tonight just to see how it sounds with all you singing, all right? Yeah. So, a little practice run through, the words go like this: Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You, Jesus Uh, and it goes like this: Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Please take from me my life - spoken Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away - spoken To give it away to You, Jesus Spoken: That's not bad, that's pretty doggone good. Let's see how you sound. How many times have I turned away The number is the same as the sand on the shore Every time You've taken me back And now I pray You'll do it once more Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You, Jesus How many times have I gone astray The number is the same as the stars in the skies Every time You've taken me back And now I pray You'll do it tonight Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You, Jesus You sing - spoken Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You Oh Please take from me my life When I don't have the strength To give it away to You, Jesus To give it away to You, Jesus To give it away to You, Jesus Yeah, that sounded great. That's awesome. - Spoken