Every River Lyrics

Every River

Verse 1

How wonderful, how glorious
Does our planet appear from space;
Surely our home was prepared for us
With beauty and with grace.

Every river, sea and mountain and stone
As colors of a coat;
May we sing the songs of gratitude
With praise in every note.

(Chorus)

Give back to the people
This earth you do not own;
Give back to the children
Every river, every stone.

Verse 2

This jewel that comes from the hand of God
Given as a shining ring;
Given to us, the beloved ones
The children of a king.

For the seeds of the earth are sacred
As the air and the water and land;
The animals, too, are our’s to protect
Their lives in our hands.

(Chorus)

(Instrumental)

(Bridge)

May the coin of our kingdom be service
Love our only wealth;
Every child the right to happiness
In freedom and in health.

(Verse 3)

You who claim to own the earth
In the name of property;
Can your millions make a blade of grass,
An apple or a tree?

When this earth is seen with the eyes of God
No boundaries above;
Beneath the skin we’re all the same
One earth, one heart, one love.

(Chorus)