[Verse]

The river ran red under the burning sky

Fish floated still while the people cried

The water turned bitter it burned their hands

A curse that spread across the land

[Chorus]

Oh the river stank and the earth it wept

The weight of sorrow no soul had slept

Blood in the streams tears in the sand

A warning written by a higher hand

[Verse 2]

The Pharaoh's heart turned harder than stone

He heard the cries but sat on his throne

The people thirsty begging for grace

But no water flowed to cleanse this place

[Chorus]

Oh the river stank and the earth it wept

The weight of sorrow no soul had slept

Blood in the streams tears in the sand

A warning written by a higher hand

[Bridge]

The winds they whispered of what’s to come

The drums of justice had already begun

The cries of Egypt reached up to the skies

But mercy was silent as the truth won't lie

[Chorus]

Oh the river stank and the earth it wept

The weight of sorrow no soul had slept

Blood in the streams tears in the sand

A warning written by a higher hand