VERSE 1:
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 turning on each other


VERSE 2:
You see the poets thought the dancers were shallow
And the soldiers thought the poets were weak

And the elders saw the young ones as foolish
And the rich man never heard the poor man speak


CHORUS:
And one by one they ran away
With their made up minds to leave it all behind

And the light began to fade in the city on a hill
The city on a hill


VERSE 3:
Each one thought that they knew better
But there were different by design

Instead of standing strong together
They let their differences divide


CHORUS 2:
And one by one they ran away
With their made up minds to leave it all behind

And the light began to fade in the city on a hill

The city on a hill

And the world is searchin' still

BRIDGE:

But it was the rhythm of the dancers that gave the poets 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 poor man that needed be told

It is the rhythm of the dancers that gives the poets life

It is the spirit of the poets that gives the soldiers strength to fight
It is the fire of the young ones, it is the wisdom of the old
It is the story of the poor man that's needing to be told


CHORUS 3:
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 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 city on a hill?
The city on a hill


END:
Come home

And the Father's calling still
Come home
To the city on the hill

Come home