[00:01.67]Wonderin' how to cross the river
[00:07.35]On a cold and windy night
[00:12.41]
[00:13.42]With the water ragin' higher
[00:19.58]By the moon's shinin' light
[00:25.07]
[00:25.69]Suddenly a man stepped forward
[00:30.94]And he looked at all around
[00:35.60]
[00:36.41]He said, "We all must cross this river
[00:41.41]
[00:42.15]We all stand on common ground"
[00:47.77]
[00:50.58]I Though was standin' amongst strangers
[00:53.87]
[00:54.44]I did not know their names
[00:57.30]
[00:58.11]I realized they were with me
[01:01.48]
[01:02.04]And our journey was the same
[01:04.90]
[01:05.78]As he spoke out loud, I looked around me
[01:09.05]
[01:09.74]I could see they knew it, too
[01:12.49]
[01:13.48]We would cross or die together
[01:16.42]
[01:17.23]No one man could make it through
[01:20.17]
[01:21.10]There was shelter across the river
[01:23.90]
[01:24.84]Across the water deep and black
[01:27.71]
[01:28.59]As a storm moved in behind us,
[01:32.08]
[01:32.64]There was no way to turn back
[01:35.38]
[01:36.39]So I stepped right up beside him
[01:39.53]
[01:40.40]And took one last look around
[01:43.27]
[01:44.21]That before my eyes I realized,
[01:47.87]We all stand on common ground
[01:50.87]
[01:51.68]We all stand on common ground
[01:54.77]
[02:29.04]So many years have come and gone
[02:32.17]Since we crossed that river wide
[02:34.76]
[02:36.63]When I look back on that night
[02:39.25]
[02:39.88]It still moves me so inside
[02:42.75]
[02:43.87]This world today is like that river
[02:46.65]
[02:47.34]Its water cold and black
[02:50.33]
[02:51.14]We all must cross together,
[02:54.07]
[02:54.88]For there is no turnin' back
[02:57.94]
[02:58.69]For the mountain high or city a street,
[03:02.05]
[03:02.74]It's the same old world below our feet
[03:05.77]
[03:06.49]It's time to wake up, people, take a look around
[03:09.62]
[03:10.95]We all stand on common ground
[03:14.07]
[03:14.69]It's time for every woman and every man
[03:17.81]
[03:18.75]And hold the future in our hands
[03:21.33]
[03:22.58]Wake up and look around,
[03:24.37]
[03:25.56]We all stand on common ground
[03:28.36]
[03:29.30]We all stand on common ground