I Came Here To Stay - Jeff Steinberg

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Now when I fall down I’m gonna try to get up

Because I didn’t start out to play

It’s a battlefield, brother, not a recreation room

It’s a fight and not a game

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Now the champion he marched for 40 days

Crying «Send me a man to fight»

But the Israelite said 'I've got a great heart

But my feet are full of fright"

Then a boy with a sling and a pocket full of rocks

He had to trust and pray

Said, «If you gonna run, Goliath, you better go now

I came here to stay»

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Now when I fall down I’m gonna try to get up

Because I didn’t start out to play

It’s a battlefield, brother, not a recreation room

It’s a fight and not a game

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Now the decree had been signed by the hand of the king

Daniel couldn’t talk to his Lord

Hungry lions were pacing him in

Here comes supper again

But if you’da been around anywhere close

You’da heard brother Daniel say

«If you’re talking about me, you can forget it, boys

I came here to stay»

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Now when I fall down I’m gonna try to get up

Because I didn’t start out to play

It’s a battlefield, brother, not a recreation room

It’s a fight and not a game

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Now the boys wouldn’t bow and the king got mad

He said, «Turn that furnace up high

Tie them up, let’s throw them in

These Hebrew boys are gonna fry»

But a little while later he looked in the furnace

And he heard brother Shadrach say

«Pull up your chair, boys, and warm your hands

'We came here to stay»

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Now when I fall down I’m gonna try to get up

Because I didn’t start out to play

It’s a battlefield, brother, not a recreation room

It’s a fight and not a game

Run if you want to, run if you will

But I came here to stay

Said run if you want to, run if you will

I came here to stay