MEANT FOR GOOD

VERSE 1 Seventeen with a coat of colors And a dream too big to hold. My brothers saw me coming, And their hearts went cold. Down into a dry pit. Sold for twenty silver. I could hear my brothers eating While I begged them from the dark. PRE-CHORUS Every door kept closing. Every chain pulled tight. But the Lord was with me In the pit and in the night. CHORUS What they meant for evil, You meant it for good. Every pit, every prison, You were there where I stood. I can't see the ending, But I trust the One who wrote it. Every wound, every year, You turn it all for good. You meant it for good. VERSE 2 Did the right thing in the house And got blamed for the wrong. Left my cloak in her hand, And the years got long. Helped the cupbearer's dream, Said, "Remember my name." He walked out to the palace And forgot all the same. PRE-CHORUS Every door kept closing. Every chain pulled tight. But the Lord was with me In the pit and in the night. But the Lord was with me In the pit and in the night. CHORUS What they meant for evil, You meant it for good. Every pit, every prison, You were there where I stood. I can't see the ending, But I trust the One who wrote it. Every wound, every year, You turn it all for good. You meant it for good. BRIDGE 1 Two more years in a cell. No one knew. No one came. But the God of my fathers Never forgot my name. Then a knock at the door. Shave and change your clothes. From the prison to the palace In a single day. BRIDGE 2 Then they bowed down before me, And they didn't know my face. I had power to repay them. I had every right to hate. But I wept so loud That all Egypt heard. "I am Joseph. Come near me. It was not you who sent me here. It was God." BRIDGE 3 Not you. It was God. Not you. It was God. Not you. It was God. And He meant it for good. FINAL CHORUS What they meant for evil, You meant it for good. Every pit, every prison, You were there where I stood. I can't see the ending, But I trust the One who wrote it. Every wound, every year, You turn it all for good. You meant it for good. OUTRO Meant for good. Meant for good. Every bit of it, good.