City On The Hill by Casting Crowns

Did you hear of the city on a hill?
Said one old man to the other
It once shined (1)____________ and it (2)__________ be shining still
But they all started turning on each other

You see the poets thought the dancers were shallow
And the soldiers thought the poets (3)________ weak
And the elders saw the young ones as foolish
And the rich man never heard the (4)________ man speak
And one by one they ran away
With their made up (5)__________ to leave it all behind
And the (6)__________ began to fade
In the (7)________ on a hill

The (8)________ on a hill

Each one thought that (9)________ knew better
But there were (10)__________________ by design
Instead of standing strong together
They let their (11)______________________ divide

And one by one they ran away
With their made up minds to leave it all behind
And the (12)__________ (13)__________ to fade
In the (14)________ on a hill

The (15)________ on a hill

And the world is searchin' still

But it was the (16)____________ of the dancers
That gave the (17)__________ life
It was the spirit of the poets
That (18)________ the soldiers strength to fight
It was the (19)________ of the young ones
It was the wisdom of the old
It was the story of the poor man
That needed be told...

It is the (20)____________ of the dancers
That gives the poets life
It is the spirit of the poets
That gives the soldiers (21)________________ to fight
It is the fire of the young ones
It is the (22)____________ of the old
It is the story of the (23)________ man
That's needing to be told...

One by one, will we run away?
With our made up minds to leave it all behind
As the light begins to fade
In the city on a hill?

One by one, will we run away?
With our made up minds to leave it all behind
As the (24)__________ begins to fade
In the (25)________ on a hill?

The (26)________ on a hill

Come home
And the Father's calling still

Come home
To the city on the hill

Come home

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