Lyrics Deliver Us - Stephen Schwartz

Drop!
Pull!
Ahhh
Mud!
Sand!
Ahhh
Water!
Straw!
Faster!
Mud - and lift!
Sand - and pull!
Water - and raise up!
Straw!
Faster!

With the sting of the whip on my shoulder
With the salt of my sweat on my brow
Elohim, God on high
Can you hear Your people cry?
Help us now
This dark hour
Deliver us!
Hear our call, Deliver us!
Lord of all, Remember us!
Here in this burning sand!
Deliver us!
There's a land you promised us!
Deliver us! To the Promised Land!

Yal-di ha-tov veh ha-rakh (My good and tender boy)
Al ti-ra veh-al tif-had (Don't be afraid and don't be scared)
My son, I have nothing I can give
But this chance that you may live
I pray we'll meet again
If He will
Deliver us!
Hear our prayer!
Deliver us!
From despair!
These years of slavery grow too cruel to stand!
Deliver us!
There's a land you promised us!
Deliver us!
Out of bondage, And
Deliver us to the Promised Land

Hush now, my baby
Be still, love, don't cry
Sleep as you're rocked by the stream
Sleep, and remember my last lullaby
So I'll be with you when you dream

Ahhhh
River, O river
Flow gently for me
Such precious cargo you bear
Do you know somewhere he can live free?
River, deliver him there

Ah-oh-ah, ah!
Ah-oh-ah, ah!

We must find a good name for you
Moses, your Majesty
Moses! What does that mean?
Deliverance
Deliverance the perfect name, deliverance
For you came, delivered to me by the great blue Nile

Brother, you're safe now
And safe may you stay
For I have a prayer just for you
Grow, baby brother
Come back someday
Come and deliver us, too
Ahhh
Deliver us!
Send a shepherd to shepherd us!
And deliver us to the Promised Land!
Deliver us to the Promised Land!
Deliver us!