I am not the one who is to come Nor am I Elijah, for that day is yet undone But after me comes the man that every prophet spoke to see And he has always been, before I ever came to be I'm just a cry in the wilderness A plea in the wilderness Just a voice alone in the wilderness Prepare the way for the Lord All my life is meant for just this end To tell the nation of the man on whom God's Spirit will descend This is the one, God's holy and anointed only son This will be the message 'til it has been done I'm just a cry in the wilderness A plea in the wilderness Just a voice alone in the wilderness Prepare the way for the Lord Let every hill and mountain be brought down Make the valleys and the canyons level ground Let every crooked life be turned around Prepare the way for the Lord To baptise you with water is all I know There stands one among you, and it's he I came to show I'm just the crier But he will end the kingdom of the liar He will baptise you into his Spirit and his fire I'm just a cry in the wilderness A plea in the wilderness Just a voice alone in the wilderness Prepare the way for the Lord I'm just a cry in the wilderness A plea in the wilderness Just a voice alone in the wilderness Prepare the way for the Lord Prepare the way for the Lord Prepare the way for the Lord