Why should I feel discouraged, Why should the shadows come,
Why should my heart be lonely And long for heaven and home,
When Jesus is my portion? my constant Friend is He:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Chorus:
I sing because I’m happy, I sing because I’m free,
For His eye is on the sparrow,
And I know He watches me.
“Let not your heart be troubled,” His tender words I hear;
And resting on His goodness, I lose my doubt and fear.
Though by the path He leadeth, but one step I may see:
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
Whenever I am tempted, whenever clouds arise,
When song gives place to sighing, when hope within me dies,
I draw the closer to Him, from care He sets me free;
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.
His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches me.