The Imperials — He Didnt Lift Us Up to Let Us Down

He didn't bring us this far to leave us He didn't teach us to swim to let us drown He didn't build His home in us to move away He didn't lift us up to let us down There are some promises in a letter Written a long, long time ago They're not getting older, they're getting better Because He still wants us to know He didn't bring us this far to leave us He didn't teach us to swim to let us drown He didn't build His home in us to move away He didn't lift us up to lеt us down (To let us down) He didn't lift us up to let us down Nеver use the word defeat Claim His promises, every one of them And every spoken word He'll hear Because we're everything to Him He didn't bring us this far to leave us He didn't teach us to swim to let us drown He didn't build His home in us to move away He didn't lift us up to let us down (To let us down) He didn't lift us up to let us down