I see a bird in a dark sky flying When the wind push you down You just keep on rising Feels like we're a long, long, long way from home But I'll keep on, keep on singing this old sparrow song Oh brother the water is rising on me Oh sister my sorrow has filled up the sea Thought times they were changing I dreamed I was free But brother the water is still rising on me The weight of this mountain's too heavy for me Oh Father this mountain's too heavy for me But I'll keep on walking till I rest my feet Until then the water's still rising on me Oh brother the water is rising on me Oh sister my sorrow has filled up the sea Thought times they were changing One day I'll be free But brother the water's still rising on me I flew like the sparrow into the sun I marched with the others till my race was done I saw all the children and dreamed they were free And all of their troubles were swept by the sea And all of their troubles were swept by the sea