Let the river run

Let the river run,
let all the dreamers
wake the nation.
Come, the new Jerusalem.

Silver the cities rise,
the morning lights
the streets that meet them,
and sirens call them on
with a song.

It’s asking for the taking.
Trembling, shaking.

Oh, my heart is aching.

Were coming to the edge
running on the water,
coming through the fog.

Your sons and daughters.
We the great and small
stand on a star
and blaze a trail of desire
through the dark’nigh dawn.

It’s asking for the taking.
Come, run with me now.
The sky is the color of blue
you’ve never even seen
in the eyes of your lover.

Oh, my heart is aching.

Were coming to the edge
running on the water,
coming through the fog.

Your sons and daughters.
[guitar]
It’s asking for the taking
Trembling, shaking.

Oh, my heart is aching.

Were coming to the edge
running on the water,
coming through the fog.

Your sons and daughters.
Let the river run.

Let all the dreamers.
Wake the nation.
Come, the new Jerusalem.