Where Did the Water Go?
Where did the water go, tell me where
The windows of heaven were open
Yesterday the rains fell in flood here
And the thunder shook all heaven
But where did the water go
O where did the water go?
Where did the water go through the sand
Where does it sit among melting rocks
Where does the wind take it from the land
For no boat floats higher from the docks
So where did the water go
O where did the water go?
Where did the water go, there's no cold
To make again the white cliffs of snow
The water is melting, shrinking the pole
The trees are dying, dying so slow
But where did the water go
O where did the water go?
Where did the water go, forests sigh
In the heat of the shriveling sun
Green house gasses seal tightly the sky
Deserts increase, and where shall we run
No place between sand and sea
The water rises from ice steadily
Where did the water go, tell me where
When Noah's flood was gone, and shall it
Again appear since there's a rainbow here
Shall I a steward make men destroy it
The green earth of my faith? O
Say, where did the water go?
Copyright © David Smalling | Year Posted 2010
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