High above the forest
in an unseen place
Where the clouds will
gather on another race
In the dungeon depths of
an unknown cave
There's a stream that springs with
a world to save
And it gathers up strength as it rolls along
And it gathers up hope for everyone
But it runs to plains where the
farmlands weep
Through the brand new gar
dens where rich men sleep
I'm gonna find it, I'm gonna prove it
And show the whole damned
world how to use it
When I find it, when I prove it
I know that some damned
fool is gonna lose it
For it's the river of hope,
from the pool of tears
It's the river of hope,
it's the river we lost for years
Past the chemical plant
where the junk flows in
By the nuclear project where
the children swim
Under bridges in a city
where the bodies float
And the summer smell keep
s the flies remote
I'm gonna find it, I'm gonna prove it
And show the whole damned
world how to use it
When I find it, when I prove it
I know that some damned
fool is gonna lose it
For it's the river of hope,
from the pool of tears
It's the river of hope,
it's the river we lost for years
Through
the swamp
of a ghetto where the mission was lost
Where the dope is king
and the silver boss
Past the trash and wreckage from
the garbage trucks
Past the oil slick where
the jail boat docks
To a home in some sea at
the nations end
Where the submarine
is freedom's friend
If we need that river like we did before
There can be no need for
it lives no more
I'm gonna find it, I'm gonna prove it
And show the whole damned
world how to use it
When I find it, when I prove it
I know that some damned
fool is gonna lose it
For it's the river of hope,
from the pool of tears
It's the river of hope,
it's the river we lost for years
For it's the river of hope,
from the pool of tears
It's the river of hope,
it's the river we lost for years