Hallelujah Time

Hear the children cryin'
But I know they cry not in vain
Now the times are changin'
Love bud's come to bloom again.

Smelling the air, when sprinkled by raindrops
Reminds us of youthful days
But now it's not rain that water the cane crops
But the sweat from man's brow
The substance from our spine
We gotta keep on living, living on borrowed time
Hallelujah time!

Yes, you can hear the children singing: Hallelujah time!
As they go singing by and by: Hallelujah time!
Oh, "hallelujah" singing in the morning
Hallelujah time! Let them sing; don't let them cry.

Over rocks and mountains
The sheep are scattered all around
Over hills and valleys
They are everywhere to be found
But though we bear our burdens now
All afflictions got to end somehow
From swinging the hammer, pulling the plough.

Why won't you let us be, to live in harmony?
We like to be free like birds in a tree.

Hallelujah time! Yes, you can hear the children singing
Hallelujah time! Yes, as they go singing by and by
Hallelujah time! Oh "hallelujah" singing in the morning
Let them sing; never let them cry
Hallelujah time! "Hallelujah" singin' in the morning.