I’ve seen so much sorrow
So much pain
So much hurt, so much shame
There is no peace unless peace comes down
Where is salvation in Jerusalem town?
I look down to the ground and I frown
And the days and days just keep turning around
It’s a long time to wait by the temple gate oh my fate
Yet I hesitate I’d-hate be late so I wait and I wait
How long to sing this song , yet could I have got it wrong
All along am I walking in misstep, the words I heard were they really your spirit
I am getting old, days fall like the mist’ I resist
Yet the years ccreep on me, set me free let me see
The promise I keep, yes I weep
For Israel’s sorrow, a better tomorrow
Yet will I die before I cast my eyes on the prise
On the gift of the skies, the king of the wise
The Christ
So I remain here, the voice was so clear
Yet do I really hear, what I thought I had heard
Cut through the noise, the message was plain
Await the arrival, the king off the kings
Oh spirit that led me oh hope that has fed me
And said to me to remain steadly
It’s a long time to wait by the temple gate oh my fate
Yet I hesitate I’d-hate be late so I wait and I wait
And wait and wait and wait
Then I see approaching, encroaching on the temple door
And I fear no more, yet I shake to my core and more
So much more than I every could dream of
Mother father and child’ my senses go wild
The spirit inside me erupts my heart dances
A thousand fragments of light in this place
A thousand moments suspended in grace
And my waiting days are done
For I have touched the hope in Jerusalem