Common Ground

Wonderin' how to cross the river
 On a cold and windy night
 With the water ragin' higher
 By the moon's shinin' light
 Suddenly a man stepped forward
 And he looked at all around
 He said, "We all must cross this river
 We all stand on common ground"
 Though I was standin' amongst strangers
 I did not know their names
 I realized they were with me
 And our journey was the same
 As he spoke out loud, I looked around me
 I could see they knew it, too
 We would cross or die together
 No one man could make it through
 There was shelter across the river
 Across the water deep and black
 As a storm moved in behind us,
 There was no way to turn back
 So I stepped right up beside him
 And took one last look around
 That before my eyes I realized,
 We all stand on common ground
 We all stand on common ground
 So many years have come and gone
 Since we crossed that river wide
 When I look back on that night
 It still moves me so inside
 This world today is like that river
 Its water cold and black
 We all must cross together,
 For there is no turnin' back
 For the mountain high or a city street,
 It's the same old world below our feet
 It's time to wake up, people, and take a look around
 We all stand on common ground
 It's time for every woman and every man
 And hold the future in our hands
 Wake up and look around,
 We all stand on common ground
 We all stand on common ground