Healing Waters from Manawahine WAI by Melinda Caroll

Healing Waters
by Melinda Caroll

1st Verse
Pray for me dear Mother, for my pain cannot be told;
Pray there is a kinder god who'll liberate my soul.
Weep for me my sister, for my eyes, they have run dry,
And my spirit’s gone a hunting for a yonder field to fly.

CHORUS
There's a place where the waters flow as pure as new-born snow,
Deep as the tallest mountain where it washes clean your soul.
From the tears of those forgotten and the tears of those who bath
Here in these sacred waters where the sins of war are laid.

2nd Verse
Can you hear the voices that are roaring my head?
The fear, the bombs, the fighting, this man-made hell has fed.
How many broken bodies, how many wounds unseen?
How many prayers and offerings, must this holy ground receive?

CHORUS
There's a place where the waters flow as pure as new-born snow
Deep as the tallest mountain and it washes clean your soul.
From tears of those forgotten, and the tears of those who bathe
Here in these sacred waters where the sins of war are laid.

Bridge
Let the Healing Waters Flow
Let the Healing Waters Flow
Let the Healing Waters Flow
Let the Healing Waters Flow

3rd Verse
Refugee or victor, the rivers of our blood
Run the same in sorrow, and mingle in the mud.
Where we are most broken, it’s there our strength is found,
In faith, your courage lives thru me for peace, our hallowed ground.

CHORUS
There's a place where the waters flow as pure as new-born snow
Deep as the tallest mountain, and it washes clean your soul
From the tears of those forgotten and the tears of those who bathe
Here are the sacred waters where the sins of war are laid.

Bridge
Let the Healing Waters Flow
Let the Healing Waters Flow
Let the Healing Waters Flow
Let the Healing Waters Flow

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