Written by William Branch
Produced by William Branch and Robert Hepburn
Recorded by Gordon (The Studio, Phila.)
Mixed by Storm (The Studio, Phila.)

Chorus: It was love - What made Him bleed and cling to a tree It was love - Unlike this world has ever seen before It was love - What made Him bleed and cling to a tree It was love - And get nailed to the form of a lower case "t" Verse 1: To all my listeners you re on my "got to get with you list" Scripture gives the run down, come now you ve got to picture this The evolutionist would call this ridiculous Story of a love a true love that got promiscuous The true lover was a King they called Elohim Dig it, He was exquisite, always existed For designer clothes He sported shekinah robes The kind that glows, baggy, you know the kind that flows He was awesome majestic, flawless, perfect with All this you might ask what could be next His outcry zoomed throughout the counsel of the Triune Crank the volume, when God speaks it s a fly tune "Let Us make man in Our likeness and Our image" He sparked it, even before He started He was finished And since it s a fact that every kid needs a nursery Before He made man He made a universe---a world to be A play pen, you know a place to chill, one to play in Fields to lay in, earth to rule, one to stay in He took dust in His hands made a man Breathed life into his veins, said, "Adam is your name" It was all fun and games no pain and no strain He named all the animals, they were pre-tamed Man and his God, chillin like jello with Nothing to undermine the divine fellowship. | Repeat Chorus | Verse 2: Curtain please, scene two, we see the surgery Adam de-ribbed , now Eve lives, we see with certainty God wanted the earth to be full so earth can see God and glory go together like thermometers and mercury Intertwined, Elohim was man s date, But it s a thin line between love and hate And just like a person will be weary till rested I guess love will always be theory till tested, So check it, God put this tree off limits He can do that, the earth is the Lord s and all that s in it He meant it, He told Adam the tree about this one tree He said if you eat the fruit then you re saying you don t want me In other words you re saying, "Bye", I wouldn t lie Cause the day you eat from this tree you re surely gonna die Why in God s name couldn t Adam maintain No blame, if it was us we would have probably done the same thing Satan tricked Eve, Eve gave to Adam, Sin had them, death grabbed them, and on went the pattern The earth got cursed on the day they dissed Jehovah He said, "I told ya, now our relationship is over!" | Repeat Chorus | Verse 3: It really gets to me, it really is a mystery Why with foresight God even let us ruin history But the love story gets deeper Holiness make Him hide from sin but His love for men made Him a seeker My heart is getting weaker, it s burnin me bad I earnestly ask why in eternity past Did the Godhead agree that they would let man leave Knowing the penalty---that they d have to let man bleed But this is just a case of the holiest Questioning the infinite wisdom and the justice of the lowliest God s omnipotent and sovereign---"Yes I know He is" And He s gracious and merciful---"The Bible told me this" Took a human frame, Jesus was His Human name Doom to hang on a cross cause we re His lost love Resurrected just to get with you if you get your cue From Scripture you can see He clearly preplanned the switch-a-roo He d always planned to become a man, die as a substitute lamb Start a new fam of humans who can Take the Son s hand in reply to His proposal, "Will you marry Me?"---we say, "I do!" Ending Chorus Love - made Him bleed and cling to a tree It was love - unlike this word has ever seen before It was love - that made Him bleed and cling to a tree Nailed just for you and nailed just for me.