[Verse 1]
They drew me up a chart of time,
With dispensations stacked,
But when I read the Hebrews through,
The chart began to crack.

[Chorus]
The cross is in the middle, friend,
The middle of one tale,
One Author writes from start to end,
The cross will never fail.

[Verse 2]
The seventy weeks were never split,
Across the rolling years,
The Anointed One was cut off, friend,
And answered all our fears.

[Chorus]
The cross is in the middle, friend,
The middle of one tale,
One Author writes from start to end,
The cross will never fail.

[Verse 3]
The church is not a side road, friend,
A parenthesis of grace,
The church is in the middle plan,
The Lord has built His place.

[Chorus]
The cross is in the middle, friend,
The middle of one tale,
One Author writes from start to end,
The cross will never fail.

[Verse 4]
So take the chart down off the wall,
And lift your eyes instead,
The cross is in the middle, friend,
The cross gives us our bread.

[Chorus]
The cross is in the middle, friend,
The middle of one tale,
One Author writes from start to end,
The cross will never fail.