My songs are not smiling songs We shall be alright, yea yea Don't you cry Don't you cry, yea 'Cause Jah shall wash away All the tears from my eyes In times when the storms And the tides are raging high We know we shall win, yea We know we'll survive, yea Jah shall wash away all the tears hoo In this time of destruction We must hold on firm We got to get along Been over hurdles all of the mountain tops Forward on we all are marching on we say Jah shall wash away All the tears from my eyes In times when the storms And the tides are raging high We know we shall win And we know we'll survive, yea Jah shall wash away all the tears, ya-ay We know we must win the fight, ohh When the wicked try come and eat up on I flesh We know that Jah He is the best Over trials and tribulations Because Jah shall wash away All the tears from my eyes In times when the storms And the tides are raging high We know we shall win And we know we'll survive, yea Jah shall wash away all the tears We keep on fighting And fighting, ay 'Gainst the wicked in high and low places No matter what they do No matter what they try I and I, we shall overcome Because Jah shall wash away All the tears from my eyes In times when the storms And the tides are raging high, yea ah We know we shall win And we know we'll survive, yea Jah shall wash away all the tears Because Jah shall wash away All the tears from my eyes In times when the storms And the tides are raging high We know we shall win We know we'll survive, yea Jah shall wash away all the tears from my eyes Because Jah shall wash away All the tears from my eyes In times when the storms And the tides are raging high We know we shall win And we know we'll survive, yea Jah shall wash away all the tears Because Jah shall wash away All the tears from my eyes In times when the storms And the tides are raging high We know we shall win We know we'll survive Jah shall wash away all the tears Oh Jah shall wash away all the tears Whew