Lyrics: Stephen Schwartz
Music: Stephen Schwartz
Mud, sand, water, straw, faster
Mud, and lift, sand, and pull
Water, and raise up, straw, faster
With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Elohim, God on high Can you hear your people cry?
Help us now, this dark hour
Deliver us, hear our call
Deliver us, Lord of all
Remember us, here in this burning sand
Deliver us, There's a land you promised us
Deliver us to the promised land
Yaldi hatov veh harach
Al tira veh al tifchad
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray, we'll meet again If he will deliver us
Deliver us, hear our prayer
Deliver us from despair
These years of slavery grow too cruel to stand
Deliver us, There's a land you promised us
Deliver us out of bondage and
Deliver us to the promised land
Hush now, my baby, be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep and remember my last lullaby
So I'll be with you when you dream
River, oh, river, flow gently for me
Such precious cargo you bear
Do you know somewhere he can be free?
River, deliver him there
We must find a good name for you
Moses, you Majesty.
Moses? What does that mean?
Deliverance
Deliverance, the perfect name, deliverance
For you came deliver to me by the great blue Nile
Brother, you're safe now
And safe may you stay
For I have a prayer just for you
Grow, baby brother
Come back someday
Come and deliver us, too
Deliver us
Send a shepherd to shepherd us
And deliver us to the promised land
Deliver us to the promised land
Deliver us