INTRO Consider this my friend And see if you understand The ways of God go further Than the thinking of a man Consider this my friend I think that you will find His ways are past our finding out For who can know His mind? CHORUS And all the rivers flow to the sea And yet the sea isn't full And to the place where the rivers flow There they flow still And adding one thing to one thing more A man is born to try To see if he can an - swer the endless question why Oohh Oohh Oohh Oohh Ever learning why Ever yearning why Consider how the wind Will somehow turn again If no one knows the future Then who can tell him when? A time to weep and mourn A time to laugh and dance And if my times are in His hands Then life is worth the chance CHORUS Ever yearning why For the reason why