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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 bright and it would be shining still
But they all started turning on (1)________ other

You see the poets (2)______________ the dancers (3)________ shallow
And the soldiers (4)______________ the poets were weak
And the elders saw the young ones as foolish
And the (5)________ man never heard the (6)________ man speak
And one by one they ran away
With their made up minds to leave it all behind
And the light (7)__________ to fade
In the city on a hill

The (8)________ on a hill

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

And one by one they ran away
With their made up minds to (10)__________ it all behind
And the light began to fade
In the city on a hill

The city on a hill

And the world is searchin' still

But it was the (11)____________ of the dancers
That (12)________ the poets life
It was the spirit of the poets
That gave the soldiers strength to fight
It was the fire of the (13)__________ ones
It was the wisdom of the old
It was the story of the (14)________ man
That needed be told...

It is the rhythm of the dancers
That gives the (15)__________ life
It is the spirit of the poets
That (16)__________ the soldiers strength to fight
It is the fire of the (17)__________ ones
It is the (18)____________ of the old
It is the (19)__________ of the poor man
That's needing to be told...

One by one, will we run away?
With our (20)________ up minds to (21)__________ it all behind
As the light begins to fade
In the city on a hill?

One by one, will we run away?
With our (22)________ up minds to leave it all behind
As the light (23)____________ to fade
In the city on a hill?

The city on a hill

Come home
And the Father's calling still

Come home
To the city on the hill

Come home

Answers:
(1) each(2) thought(3) were(4) thought(5) rich(6) poor(7) began(8) city(9) differences(10) leave(11) rhythm(12) gave(13) young(14) poor(15) poets(16) gives(17) young(18) wisdom(19) story(20) made(21) leave(22) made(23) begins