Deliver Us
Mud!Sand!Water!Straw!Faster!
Mud! And lift!Sand! And pull!Water! And raise up!Straw!Faster!
Feel the sting of the whip on my shoulderWith the salt of my sweat on my browElohim, God on high, can you hear your people cry?Help us now!This dark hour.
Deliver us!Hear our call, deliver us!Lord of all, remember us here in this burning sand!Deliver us! There's a land you promised us!Deliver us to the promised land.
Yaldi hatov ve'harach (My good and tender son)Al tira ve'al tifh'ad (Don't be frightened and don't be scared)
My son, I have nothing I can giveBut this chance that you may liveI pray we'll meet again if He will deliver us!
Deliver us!Hear our prayer, deliver us!From despair, these years of slavery grow too cruel to standDeliver us! There's a land you promised us!Deliver us out of bondage and...Deliver us to the promised land.
Hush now, my baby, be still love, don't crySleep as you're rocked by the streamSleep and remember my last lullabySo I'll be with you when you dream
River, oh river, flow gently for me!Such precious cargo you bear!Do you know somewhere he can be free?River, deliver him there
(vocalizing)
Brother, you're safe now, and safe may you stayFor I have a prayer just for youGrow, baby brother, come back somedayCome and deliver us too
Deliver us! Send a shepherd to shepherd us!And deliver us to the promised land!Deliver us to the promised land!
Deliver us!