(Tom Johnston)

Deep as a river, wide as the sea

Changin' the ways of a captain and me

I could be happy, Lord, so then should he

If all of the universe unveiled itself to me

So then a day flows into night

Down the street the beggar man who finds himself in wine

If I am a good man and sure in all my ways

The captain of a starship that's homeward bound today

Growin', growin', changin' ev'ry day

Knowin', showin' all my worldly ways

Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day



A whisper, an answer, a cry in the night

Break down, turn around, a feeling of fright

The Indian, the Black Man, the Asian who see

A door that is opening, and they're goin' to be free



Growin', growin', changin' ev'ry day

Knowin', showin' all my worldly ways

Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day



We are all acceptable, we are all a place in time

Moving through a passageway, bringing forth the end of time

Growin', growin', changin' ev'ry day

Knowin', showin' all my worldly ways

Hear the chimes, hear how they ring

Marking time all through the day

Light the fire, start the day, mark the light that shows the way

Changing times of fortunes past, we will all be free at last



We are the people of the round about

We are the sails upon the sea

We're gonna be there when ev'ry body laughs about

The way that we are changin', you and me, yeah

We are the people of the round about

We are the sails upon the sea

We're gonna be there when ev'ry body laughs about

The way that we are changin', you and me, yeah

We are the people of the round about

We are the sails