Down the Via Dolorosa,
In Jerusalem that day,
The soldiers tried to clear,
The narrow street,
But the crowd pressed in to see
A man condemned to die on Calvary

He was bleeding from a beating,
There were stripes upon His back,
And He wore a crown of thorns upon his head
And He bore with every step
The scorn of those who cried
Out for His death

Down the Via Dolorosa,
Called "The way of Suffering"
Like a lamb came the Messiah Christ the King
But He chose to walk that road,
Out of his Love for you and me,
Down the Via Dolorosa,
All the way to Calvary

The Blood that would cleanse
The hearts of all men
Made its way through the heart of Jerusalem
Down the Via Dolorosa,
Called "The way of Suffering"
Like a lamb came the Messiah Christ the King
But He chose to walk that road,
Out of his Love for you and me,
Down the Via Dolorosa, all the way to Calvary