BECAUSE OF JESUS

When I was thinking about my next poem, the saying, "When all you have is Jesus, Jesus is all you need."

This has been my journey. God had stripped away bit by bit, all my earthly securities, and my life is becoming more centred on Him.

I had just written a poem, and it just wasn't working in it's conversion to Suno as the rhyming was too ecclectic, and then Suno didn't work for a whole evening. The internet in the US seemed to have a bit of a meltdown, so I was getting frustrated. I was writing a poem on relying on Jesus, and I wasn't.

In my diary entry on 21 October 2025 I wrote:

When Suno crashed last night I felt frustrated as I wrote another lot of lyrics and wanted some music to it. It just shows how obsessed I've become with my new toy. Why can't I put Jesus first with everything all the time?

Help me Jesus.

Jesus did help me, because the next day I wrote:

When it makes you emotional you know it's a winner. Thank you Jesus.

The poem came together quickly, and the words just came. I enjoyed changing the rhyming in the second last line of the verses, where it rhymes twice in the same line. It just gave a nice variation to how Suno rendered the song.

I counted 108 Suno Song renditions to get to this final copy.

And my daughter Daisy helped me by suggesting I put in Celtic instruments, and that got me the right one, though I wonder if the violin grates a little too much in the intro.

On 7 November I was rendering the final Youtube Lyric video to publish it when I got a call my dad is declining rapidly. He is 85 years old. So I dropped everything and drove the three and half hours to meet with my brother to work out how to help him best. My dad has lived this song, totally dependant on God for what he should do in his life each day. So I honour him with this song. He knows what it is to have only God, and know that is all you need.

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Lyrics

I searched for happiness

I believed the world's lies

And I did eat, and it tasted sweet

It made me giddy and high

But no matter how hard I tried

It always turned bitter in my mouth

Like a curse, or maybe worse

Everything I touched went south.

I've now let go of everything

but Jesus

He holds me tight

He holds my heart

He knows my name

And now I know I don't need anything

But Jesus

And I know I'll never be the same.

Because of Jesus

All around me are empty promises

Hollow words that echo away

Everything in time, loses it's shine

There's only one truth that remains

All my riches rust away

I can't find my value in my job

Everything around, let's me down

The only one who stays is God

I've now let go of everything

but Jesus

He holds me tight

He holds my heart

He knows my name

And now I know I don't need anything

But Jesus

And I know I'll never be the same.

Because of Jesus

Jesus gives joy in the little things

A child's giggle, a bird that sings

The sunset painted on the sky

His still small voice that makes me cry

Because He loves me

and I don't know why

I've now let go of everything

but Jesus

He holds me tight

He holds my heart

He knows my name

And now I know I don't need anything

But Jesus

And I know I'll never be the same.

Because of Jesus

I've now let go of everything

but Jesus

He holds me tight

He holds my heart

He knows my name

And now I know I don't need anything

But Jesus

And I know I'll never be the same.

Because of Jesus

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