back in the days of deep and wide highways and hedges and sunday school pledges back in the days when i could hear the lions roaring in the lion s den back in the days when i first read jesus love me in the b i b l e when zacheus was a wee little man and a wee little man was he with my child like faith and my clip on tie i would raise my hand raise my hand high i want to read my bible from cover to cover line by line over and over the more i read the more i find the more i uncover stories just like mine i begin to discover i want to read my bible from cover to cover there s still a fountain flowing deep deep in the heart of me it widens my memory makes me remember the pledge i made to follow the master from here to ever after i ve stood strong like daniel i ve fallen like david i ve wandered in the desert like the israelites i ve denied you like peter i ve struggled like paul run from you like jonah but you loved me through it all i want to read my bible from cover to cover line by line over and over the more i read the more i find the more i uncover stories just like mine i begin to discover and i want to read my bible i want to live my live i want to read my bible from cover to cover line by line over and over i want to read my bible from cover to cover line by line over and over the more i read the more i find the more i uncover stories just like mine i begin to discover i want to read my bible from cover to cover line by line