I Am Alive lyrics

Take a drink from the river.

There was a look in his eyes wounding her pride.

She'd seen it before, though it's been all denied.

Freedom is just within reach,

but how can she learn what freedom won't teach?

And she cries in the darkness, I am alive, I am alive.

Take a drink from the river.

We stand brother to brother.

We still have our pride.

Under troubled skies, I am alive.

(I am alive).

She hears the carnival drums, sees the parade.

But lies of the heart make all the colors fade

'cause people go hungry tonight

to pay for the drums and the costumes they've made.

And she cries in the darkness, I am alive, I am alive.

Take a drink from the river.

(Take a drink from the river).

We stand brother to brother.

(Stand with me).

In our father's eyes, we can't compromise.

Take the hand of a stranger.

We will carry each other.

(Carry me, carry me).

We still have our pride.

Under troubled skies, I am alive.

(I am alive).

Under troubled skies, I am alive.

(I am alive, I am alive).

And she cries in the darkness, I am alive, I am alive.

Take a drink from the river.

(Take a drink from the river).

We stand brother to brother.

(Stand with me).

In our father's eyes, we can't compromise.

Take the hand of a stranger.

(Take the hand of a stranger).

We will carry each other

(carry each other).

We still have our pride.

Under troubled skies, I am alive.

(I am alive).

Under troubled skies, I am alive.

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

(I am alive, I am alive).

• Artist:Joseph Williams
• Album:I Am Alive (1996)