He left a throne in Heaven To come to Bethlehem And I will not forget the way He loved me even then And everywhere He traveled He spoke with words of love That said He'd go to any distance To show what I was worthy of And when at last the dusty road Had turned to Calvary He picked up a rugged burden So that one day I would see He loved me with a cross He loved me with a cross In answer to the call of love He loved me with a cross He knew from the beginning The price He'd have to pay For my heart had gone so far beyond What other loves forgave I wasn't on that hillside To see Him on the tree But as my guilt was placed upon Him I know that somehow He saw me He loved me with a cross He loved me with a cross In answer to the call of love He loved me with a cross Though I could not imagine what Loving me would cost My Jesus went to Calvary And loved me with a cross And I would be a sinner still Enslaved by all my sin If it hadn't been for Jesus And they way He loved me then He loved me with a cross He loved me with a cross In answer to the call of love He loved me with a cross Though I could not imagine what Loving me would cost My Jesus went to Calvary And loved me with a cross