PRAYING WITH OUR FEET

Music by Rabbi Joe Black and Steve Brodsky © 2017 Rabbi Joe Black and Steve Brodsky

Lyrics by Rabbi Joe Black © 2017 Rabbi Joe Black (based on a statement by Rabbi Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel)  All rights reserved.

 

Let us gather all together in the cold and in the heat.

And make a vow that history’s cruel lessons won’t repeat

We will not stand idly by

And watch our values die

When we heed the call for justice we are praying with our feet.

 

CHORUS:

Hear our footsteps on the pavement /let them echo in the street.

Feel the longing in our hearts/ growing stronger with each beat.

It’s time to take a stand

We’re marching hand in hand

When we heed the call for justice we are praying with our feet.

 

From the California coast, to Selma’s cruel concrete

From the towers of New York City to the fields of Kansas wheat

Wherever people are divided

By justice that’s one sided

When our voices rise in protest we are praying with our feet.

 

Hear our footsteps on the pavement /let them echo in the street.

Feel the longing in our hearts/ growing stronger with each beat.

It’s time to take a stand

We’re marching hand in hand

When our voices rise in protest we are praying with our feet.

 

BRIDGE:

The poor, the tired, the huddled masses yearning  to breathe free

The homeless and the helpless, renegades and refugees

The soldiers coming home to their loved ones – oh so sweet

They all march side by side when they’re praying with their feet

 

In the classroom in the courtroom and the Executive suite

The healing of our world awaits – our task is incomplete

Our work we may not finish

But our passion won’t diminish

When we work for freedom’s promise we are praying with our feet

 

Hear our footsteps on the pavement /let them echo in the street.

Feel the longing in our hearts/ growing stronger with each beat.

It’s time to take a stand

We’re marching hand in hand

When we work for freedom’s promise we are praying with our feet

 

Repeat Chorus  – last line 3x with these words:  

When we work for freedom’s promise we are praying with our feet

When our voices rise in protest we are praying with our feet

When we heed the call for justice we are praying with our feet