The Earth is our mother just turning around
With her trees in the forest and roots underground
Our father above us who’s sigh is the wind
Paint us a rainbow without any end

As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
In the hearts of the children a pure love still roams
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone …

Sparrows find freedom beholding the sun
In the engine and beauty we’re all joined in one
I reach out before me and look to the sky
Then I hear someone whisper its something pass by

As the river runs freely the mountain does rise
Let me touch with my fingers and see with my eyes
In the hearts of the children a pure love still roams
Like a bright star in heaven that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone ….

excerpt from words and music by Joe Henry and John Jarvis