I Dreamed Of a River

I dreamed of a river, oh how it did flow

It was fed by high mountains where no man could go

And the streams that fed it came straight from the sky

By the banks of this river God's children did cry

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The kingdom is now, come on let's go

There's healing and redemption where the cool waters flow

Don't you stay here in the desert so dry

Come drink from the water that comes from the sky

I dreamed of a river, it went 'round the bend

And there I saw a city that was greedy with men

And they poisened the river, it's purity gone

'Till no one remembered the original song

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I dreamed of a river, now a river of tears

God's people apressed for more than one thousand years

This city it grew, it changed times and laws

But a few still remember the original cause

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Well then came reformers who began to protest

They said by the river, that all could be blessed

The city it screamed, many saints it'd slew

But they never did learn that you can't kill the truth

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I dreamed of a river, amazed at the sight

After two thousand years oh, it came back to life

Straight from the high mountains, with heaven as it's head

And it feeds the whole world and gives life to the dead

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My brothers, my sisters, there's many a land

Where the water's still dead from that poisenous hand

Let's run to the desert, praying high as we go

And out of our bellies life's river will flow

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