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.

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 word I hear,

And resting on His goodness,

I lose my doubts and fears;

I draw me 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.

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.

Yes His eye is on the sparrow,

And I know He watches me.