I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold
I'd rather have Him than riches untold
I'd rather have Jesus than fine houses or great lands
You see I just want to be led
By His nail-scarred hands
Than to be a king of a vast domain
Than be held in sin's dreads away
I'd rather have Jesus more than anything
That this old crazy world can afford me today
I'd rather have Jesus more than
Man's applause or approval
See I'd try to be faithful to His dear cause
I'd rather have Jesus more than all the world-wide fame
Don't you know I gotta I gotta be
True to my Lord's holy name
Than to be a king of a vast domain
Than be held in sin's dreads away
I'd rather have my Jesus more than anything
That this old world can afford me today
More than this world can afford
Lord we love you more than anything
