There's a river In the mountain
There's a place for the band to play
A sound of laughter in a fountain
All my people feel it this way
All my people feel it this way, this way
Everybody has a reason
For their choices, the song they play
Every flower has a season
All my people make it okay
All my people help me to say, okay
All my people
I've been thinkin'
I'm just a scrap in the wind
I've been sinkin'
Like a fish that can't swim
But now it's time to find a better way
Close my eyes and I remember
The time our music tore the clouds away
No way to hide from that kind of splendor
All my people tell it this way
All my people tell it this way, this way
All my people
I've been runnin'
Like a man with no arms
Forever stumblin'
Never fallin' to harm
At least I've never fallen all the way
There's always someone to say
Come away, come away, come away
Come away
In this valley there is a shadow
A proud woman all made of clay
And I would kneel and
I would follow, but
All my people lead me away
All my people lead me away
All my people carry the day
All my people carry the day away
All my people
All my people
All my people