City On The Hill by Casting Crowns
Did you hear of the city on a hill?
Said one old man to the other
It once shined bright and it would be shining still
But they all started (1)______________ on each other
You see the poets thought the dancers were shallow
And the soldiers thought the poets (2)________ weak
And the elders saw the (3)__________ (4)________ as foolish
And the rich man never (5)__________ the poor man speak
And one by one they ran away
With (6)__________ (7)________ up minds to (8)__________ it all behind
And the light began to fade
In the city on a hill
The city on a hill
Each one thought that (9)________ knew better
But there were different by design
Instead of standing strong together
They let their differences divide
And one by one they ran away
With their (10)________ up (11)__________ to leave it all behind
And the light began to fade
In the (12)________ on a hill
The city on a hill
And the world is searchin' still
But it was the rhythm of the dancers
That gave the (13)__________ life
It was the spirit of the poets
That gave the soldiers strength to fight
It was the fire of the young ones
It was the wisdom of the old
It was the story of the (14)________ man
That needed be told...
It is the (15)____________ of the dancers
That (16)__________ the (17)__________ life
It is the (18)____________ of the poets
That gives the soldiers strength to fight
It is the (19)________ of the young ones
It is the wisdom of the old
It is the (20)__________ of the poor man
That's (21)______________ to be told...
One by one, will we run away?
With our made up minds to (22)__________ it all behind
As the (23)__________ (24)____________ to fade
In the city on a hill?
One by one, will we run away?
With our made up minds to leave it all behind
As the light begins to fade
In the (25)________ on a hill?
The (26)________ on a hill
Come home
And the Father's calling still
Come home
To the city on the hill
Come home
Said one old man to the other
It once shined bright and it would be shining still
But they all started (1)______________ on each other
You see the poets thought the dancers were shallow
And the soldiers thought the poets (2)________ weak
And the elders saw the (3)__________ (4)________ as foolish
And the rich man never (5)__________ the poor man speak
And one by one they ran away
With (6)__________ (7)________ up minds to (8)__________ it all behind
And the light began to fade
In the city on a hill
The city on a hill
Each one thought that (9)________ knew better
But there were different by design
Instead of standing strong together
They let their differences divide
And one by one they ran away
With their (10)________ up (11)__________ to leave it all behind
And the light began to fade
In the (12)________ on a hill
The city on a hill
And the world is searchin' still
But it was the rhythm of the dancers
That gave the (13)__________ life
It was the spirit of the poets
That gave the soldiers strength to fight
It was the fire of the young ones
It was the wisdom of the old
It was the story of the (14)________ man
That needed be told...
It is the (15)____________ of the dancers
That (16)__________ the (17)__________ life
It is the (18)____________ of the poets
That gives the soldiers strength to fight
It is the (19)________ of the young ones
It is the wisdom of the old
It is the (20)__________ of the poor man
That's (21)______________ to be told...
One by one, will we run away?
With our made up minds to (22)__________ it all behind
As the (23)__________ (24)____________ to fade
In the city on a hill?
One by one, will we run away?
With our made up minds to leave it all behind
As the light begins to fade
In the (25)________ on a hill?
The (26)________ on a hill
Come home
And the Father's calling still
Come home
To the city on the hill
Come home
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