earthquake

Go tell the earth to shake

And tell the thunder

To wake the sky

And tear the clouds apart

Tell my people to come out

And wonder

Where the old world is gone

For a new world is born

And all my people

Shall be one.

So tell the earth to shake

With marching feet

Of messengers of peace

Proclaim my law of love

To every nation

Every race.

For the old wrongs are over

The old days are gone

A new world is rising

Where my people shall be one.

So tell the earth to shake

With marching feet

Of messengers of peace

Proclaim my law of love

To every nation

Every race.

And say

The old wrongs are over

The old ways are done

There shall be no more hate

And no more war

My people shall be one.

So tell the earth to shake

With marching feet

Of messengers of peace

Proclaim my law of love

To every nation

Every race.

For the old world is ended

The old sky is torn

Apart. A new day is born

They hate no more

They do not go to war

My people shall be one.

So tell the earth to shake

With marching feet

Of messengers of peace

Proclaim my law of love

To every nation

Every race.

There shall be no more hate

And no more oppression

The old wrongs are done

My people shall be one.

Thomas Merton//Earthquake