The city is alive O God
With sound of hustling feet
With rapid change and flashing lights
That pulse through every street
But oft there's inhumanity
Behind the bright facade
And throngs with empty hungering hearts
Cry out for help O God
Is it Your will O loving God
That races live in strife?
That loneliness and greed and hate
Should mark a city's life
Do you desire one person's wealth
To keep another poor?
Must crime and slums and lust abound
O Lord is there no cure?
In Galilee the people heard
Your servant Christ declare
Through healing touch through word and cross
The good news of Your care
He said your heart touched every heart
That longed for peace and right
That those bowed down by burdens borne
Could find Your life Your light
O God inspire Your church today
To take Christ's servant role
To love the world to hear its claims
Sense its yearning soul
To live within the marketplace
To serve both weak and strong
To lose itself to share its dream
To give the world its song
