How long
We have sung the songs of victory / We have prayed to You for rain
We have cried for Your compassion / To renew the land again
Now we're standing in Your presence / More hungry than before
Now we're on Your steps of mercy / And we're knocking at Your door
How long before You drench the barren land / How long before we see
Your righteous hand / How long before Your name is lifted high
How long before the weeping turns to songs of joy / Lord, we know
Your heart is broken / By the evil that You see / And You've stayed
Your hand of judgement / For the plan to set men free / But the land
is still in darkness / And we've fled from what is right / We have
failed the silent children / Who have never seen the light
How long before You drench the barren land / How long before we see
Your righteous hand / How long before Your name is lifted high
How long before the weeping turns to songs of joy / But I know a day
is coming / When the deaf will hear his voice /  When the blind will
see their Saviour / And the lame will leap for joy / When the widow
finds a Husband / Who will always love His bride / And the orphan
finds a Father / Who will never leave her side / How long before
Your glory lights the skies / How long before Your radiance lifts our eyes
 How long before Your fragrance fills the air / How long before the
earth resounds with song