Did I live with love and grace

and dry the tears on some small face

Did I drink the sunlight in,

Look on loosing as a win

Did I take the highest road.

Did I repay the debt I owed

Search me, search me now I pray

and wash my every sin away

Before the purple sunset skies,

before the carpe diem dies

Before I close my eyes to sleep and pray

dear Lord my soul to keep

Before I reach the end of day

I’ve got to know I’ve walked Your way

Before the darkness shades the ground,

before the sun goes down

Did I keep my word today

and mean the things you heard me say

Did I make sincere amends

with those I wronged; my kin and friends

Did I seek to be more real

and verbalize the pains I feel

Did I think on what is good

and help my brother when I could

Before the purple sunset skies,

before the carpe diem dies

Before I close my eyes to sleep and pray

dear Lord my soul to keep

Before I reach the end of day

I’ve got to know I’ve walked Your way

Before the darkness shades the ground,

before the sun goes down

As I reflect I must confess

that I might not have past some test

And I fell short in everything

for my poor flesh is limiting

And I regret my whole life through,

I did not spend much time with you

But if there’s time and one more breath

and one more hour of daylight left

Before the purple sunset skies,

before the carpe diem dies

Before I close my eyes to sleep and pray

dear Lord my soul to keep

Before I reach the end of day

I’ve got to know I’ve walked Your way

Before the darkness shades the ground,

before the sun goes down