A long time ago I would walk up a hill The world was soft and still But my heart cried, my heart cried Looking for miles and miles Over roofs where strangers sleep A burning grows inside For a world that cries, for a world that cries A long time ago Before the sun came up I would pick flowers For a girl that cried, a girl that cried But the only thing that's same today Is God who wiped those tears away He came through as He always would Upon the hill with me He stood And I know He moves at the sound of my voice I know He moves through me I know He hears the love in my cry And answers me