The last week or so I have been listening to this track from Jason Upton´s CD. It is constantly in my mind and heart. I think because I love the clearity of the child. During the song Jason tells the story of how he wrote this song with his son Samuel.

Here is the transcript of part of the song. Hope you will enjoy it as much as I do!

Jason says: 

It was just around Easter time a couple of years ago and my son Samuel came into my worship room and he said to me; “Daddy I want to sing this song, I want to write this song about Jesus. And I said alright Samuel lets do it. So he said “You sit over there and I will sit on the couch.” And he had his little guitarr. And he had me get my guitarr. I had a pen and a paper out. And I said “what do you want to say to Jesus?” and he said I want to say “Hey Jesus”, so I just wrote down Hey Jesus. And then I asked, what are you going to say after you say hey Jesus. And he said “are you still on the cross, or are you feeling better? And if you are feeling better, will you come down and play with me?” So I said “huh” (gasping).

The song starts: Won´t you come down, down, down, down to the ground.

He had the guitarr half-way over his head I remember. Laying on the couch at the time with his thumb in his mouth and he took his thumb out of his mouth about half-way and said “yeah daddy I like that.” Then he looked at me and said “to the next of me place”.

The song continues: To the next of me place with a smile on my face and a song in my ear.

and he said “yeah daddy”

The song continues: and around and around and around we go.

Hey Jesus, when I wave at you, do you wave back too

Hey Jesus, when I am feeling sad, do you feel sad too

Won´t you come down down down to the ground

To the next to me place with a smile on my face and a song in my ear

Around and around and around we go

Jason continues the story: I will never forget this. He looked up at the tallest part of my bookcase, up at the top, he stood up on the couch and pointed at the top of my bookshelf where I have all my theology books and he said: ”Hey daddy, if we throw toys at those books do you think they will come alive?” And I heard him but I wanted him to say it again and I said “what did you say Samuel?” he said “Daddy do you think if we throw those books, do you think they can fly?” and then he said “Daddy throw me up into the sky and I will touch the moon!”

The song continues: Take us way beyond religion, way beyond the minds of man, way beyond thinking. Help us receive, help us recieve your love. Help us recieve, help us recieve your joy. Help us recieve, help us recieve your peace…..