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While many songs and albums have stories behind them, Al Denson's 1997 release Take Me to the Cross literally has a tale that is linked to the title song. It is the story of a lost little girl, unaware of the way home. A man and his wife stop to help the young girl; however, being three years old, she does not even know her last name or her phone number. Finally she tells them that if she sees a cross that sits on top of an old church near her residence, she can find her way home.

This story is the allegorical message of Denson's album, which points to the cross of Calvary as the way home.

~Ashleigh Kittle, All Music Guide

Al Denson - Take Me to the Cross

She's daddy's little girl, only three years old
All dressed up in her Sunday clothes
He held her hand on bended knee
He said, "I need to show you how
To find your way home"

As they walked along, how sweet the sound
Church bells ringin', people gathered 'round
Remember this church and the cross way up there,
"Sweetheart, if you ever get lost say...

Take me to the cross, high upon a steeple
The one where Jesus died for all the lost people
If you can't find home, know you're not alone
Take me to the cross

As the years went by, daddy's little girl
Lost herself out in a big, big world
And the day her daddy died
She said, "I need to know why"

Take me to the cross, high upon a steeple
The one where Jesus died for hurting people
If you can't find home, know you're not alone
Take me to the cross

Now that same little girl, thirty years gone by
She still knows her daddy's by her side
She raises her little boy in her father's way
And she smiles when she hears her son say
"Hey, mom...

Take me to the cross, high upon a steeple
The one where Jesus died for all the lost people
If you can't find home, know you're not alone

Remember the cross, high upon a steeple
The one where Jesus died for all the lost people
If you can't find home, know you're not alone
Take me to the cross, Mama,
Take me to the cross
Take me to the cross