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City On The Hill by Casting Crowns

Did you (1)________ of the (2)________ on a hill?
Said one old man to the other
It once (3)____________ bright and it would be shining still
But they all started (4)______________ on each other

You see the poets thought the (5)______________ were shallow
And the soldiers (6)______________ the (7)__________ (8)________ weak
And the (9)____________ saw the (10)__________ (11)________ as foolish
And the (12)________ man never heard the poor man speak
And one by one they ran away
With their made up minds to leave it all behind
And the (13)__________ began to fade
In the (14)________ on a hill

The city on a hill

Each one thought that (15)________ knew better
But (16)__________ (17)________ different by design
Instead of standing (18)____________ together
They let their (19)______________________ divide

And one by one they ran away
With their made up minds to leave it all behind
And the light began to fade
In the (20)________ on a hill

The city on a hill

And the world is searchin' still

But it was the rhythm of the dancers
That gave the poets life
It was the (21)____________ of the poets
That gave the soldiers strength to fight
It was the (22)________ of the young ones
It was the wisdom of the old
It was the (23)__________ of the poor man
That needed be told...

It is the rhythm of the dancers
That gives the poets life
It is the spirit of the poets
That (24)__________ the soldiers strength to fight
It is the fire of the young ones
It is the wisdom of the old
It is the (25)__________ of the poor man
That's needing to be told...

One by one, will we run away?
With our made up minds to (26)__________ 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 (27)__________ it all behind
As the light begins to fade
In the (28)________ 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

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