Words and music: Mike Johnson Hear the echoes in the stately halls Whirring of computers behind sterile walls Diplomatic circles spinning 'round Empty hollow choruses they all call profound "The answer's within you Everything will be all right We could get together If we could just forget to fight" You know somehow it's just not true It could work for others but not for you Then you think that we're alone Man really has no home The earth is just an island in the sea And we dream of what we could never be A peaceful self-governing society There's a part missing from all mankind We're a broken people that cannot find The answer's not in us
If it was it's gone away We're a wayward people Blind we've lost our way So we dream of new governments And rely on our accomplishments Empty hollow choruses without honesty We're a dying people, why can't we see Then we feel we do not die To discover the beyond we do not try We imagine a god of our own Empty hollow choruses in the church yard rings Hardly the expectant waiting for their King New life within them has somehow died Somewhere beyond a different voice cries I'm waiting for you My truth is still the same I'll give a true direction If you just call my name I said if you just call my name