Deep as a river, wide as the sea
Changin' the ways of a captain and me
I could be happy, Lord, so then should he

If all of the universe unveiled itself to me
So then a day flows into night
Down the street the beggar man who finds himself in wine

If I am a good man and sure in all my ways
The captain of a starship that's homeward bound today


Growin', growin', changin' ev'ry day
Knowin', showin' all my worldly ways
Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day

A whisper, an answer, a cry in the night

Break down, turn around, a feeling of fright
The Indian, the Black Man, the Asian who see
A door that is opening, and they're goin' to be free


Growin', growin', changin' ev'ry day
Knowin', showin' all my worldly ways

Hear the chimes, hear how they ring
Marking time all through the day



We are all acceptable, we are all a place in time
Moving through a passageway, bringing forth the end of time

Growin', growin', changin' ev'ry day
Knowin', showin' all my worldly ways
Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day
Light the fire, start the day, mark the light that shows the way
Changing times of fortunes past, we will all be free at last


We are the people of the round about
We are the sails upon the sea

We're gonna be there when ev'ry body laughs about
The way that we are changin', you and me, yeah
We are the people of the round about

We are the sails upon the sea
We're gonna be there when ev'ry body laughs about
The way that we are changin', you and me, yeah

We are the people of the round about
We are the sails upon the sea