No Ordinary Song
Hymn composed by
Elizabeth AlexanderContextual information
This song is also available as a choral version from Seafarer Press.
This song is also available as a choral version from Seafarer Press.
Tune Name
Tune Name
Text Meter
9.9.10.10.
10.9.10.9
Song Composer
Elizabeth AlexanderHymn Arranger
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Lyrics
As we lift our voices on this day
many hearts are heavy with despair.
How can our lifted voices find a way
to bring us one step closer to repair?
If a wounded world we wish to heal
we must sing no ordinary song.
Make it a cadence relevant and real,
its ev’ry measure purposeful and strong.
Let this song our greatest hopes contain:
Wellfed children be its just refrain,
Roofs over ev’ry heartbeat be its tune,
its harmony from peaceful cities hewn.
Sing of hope while hammering each nail.
Sing of joy while pulling ev'ry weed.
Sing to renew a covenant grown frail.
May ev'ry alleluia bear a seed.
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