I dream a day that God will surface to retrieve his nails and open your heart You'll say you're mine for the ages Just open your heart and say I swear on the cross Can you promise this to the grave (grave) you'll take my name? Can you promise me? Overseas, and over mountains A thousand years I've waited for her to say the lines From this day forward Just open your heart and say I swear on the cross Can you promise that to the grave you'll take my name? Can you promise me? All this time I've prayed for this day to come true No one knows how deep the waves we waded through I wish I could take your hand and make it true No one knows how far apart we've stayed to get through I wish I could take your hand and make it true 'Cause no one knows how far apart we stay to get through Can you say, I swear on the cross Can you promise that to the grave you'll take my name? Can you promise me?

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Mama, dear mama, look in yonder tree See that pretty little sparrow, a-lookin' back at me She can soar above the clouds, way up in the sky She can fly away from here, why, o why, can't I? Daughter, dear daughter, I'll tell you something true Remember Gran Eliza, well, every night she flew They tried to keep her down but there was nothing they could do She could fly, she could fly She could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high She could fly across the river Her spirit in her hands Searching, always searching for the promised land Mama, dear mama, mama tell me more I feel a trembling in my arms, I've never felt before Daughter, dear daughter, listen what I say Your granny always told me you'd feel that way some day Every time she looked at you she saw the old-time ways When we could fly, we could fly We could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high We could fly across the mountains Together, hand in hand Searching, always searching for the promised land Mama, dear mama, come and stand by me I feel a lightness in my feet, a longing to be free My heart it is a-shakin' with an old, old song I hear the voices sayin', it's time for moving on She took her mama by the hand, they rose up in the air They held each other tight and then They flew away from there They held each other tight and then they flew away from there They could fly, they could fly They could slip the bonds of earth and rise so high They could fly across the ocean Together, hand in hand Searching, always searching for the promised land