lord i ve got no more tears to cry someone has hurt me done me wrong i m walking wounded ooh lord this pain is a knife of fire why does it have to turn out this way why do the innocent seem to pay how many times must i stand in the waves of this crashing sea how many times must i forgive all the hurt that s been done to me let the jury go set the sinner free oh oh oh seventy times seven lord i really don t understand i m looking round for some stones to throw you re telling me i should let it go how many times must i stand in the waves of this crashing sea how many times i hear what you re saying inside of me but i don t understand the mystery ooh of seventy times seven oh oh oh oh oh how many times have you wept from the anguish of all my shame how many times have i nailed you up on your cross of pain you bled from the broken heart and i was to blame ooh seventy times seven over and over again seventy times seven lord you know just how hard i have tried seventy times seven you gotta see that i m hurting inside seventy times seven don t you know that my pride is at stake seventy times seven so tell me how much one should take seventy times seven 1986 sparrow records