Save the People
The Mountain Goats * Track #3 On Lagniappe Sessions
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Save the People Lyrics
[Verse 1]
When wilt thou save the people?
Oh God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations
Not thrones and crowns, but men
Flowers of thy heart
Oh God are they
Let them not pass like weeds away
Their heritage, a sunless day
[Refrain]
God save the people
[Verse 2]
Shall crime bring crime forever
Strength aiding still as strong?
Is it thy will, oh Father
That men shall toil
For wrong?
No, say thy mountains
No, say thy skies
Man's clouded sun shall brightly rise
And songs be heard instead of sighs
[Refrain]
God save the people
[Verse 3]
When wilt thou save the people?
Oh God of mercy, when?
Not kings and lords, but nations
Not thrones and crowns, but men
God save the people
For thine they are
Thy children as thy angels fair
Save the people from despair
[Refrain]
God save the people
Oh God save the people
God save the people
Oh God save the people
God save the people
Oh God save the people
God save the people
Oh God save the people
[Verse 4]
When will God save the people?
Oh God of mercy, when?
The people, Lord, the people
Not thrones and crowns, but men
God save the people
For thine they are
Thy children as thy angels fair
Save the people from despair
[Refrain]
God save the people
Oh God save the people
God save the people
Oh God save the people
God save the people
Oh God save the people
God save the people
Oh God save the people
Save the People Q&A
Who wrote Save the People's ?
Save the People was written by Stephen Schwartz.
When did The Mountain Goats release Save the People?
The Mountain Goats released Save the People on Wed Aug 29 2018.
What did The Mountain Goats say about "Save the People"?
In John Darnielle’s write-up that accompanied this edition of Aquarium Drunkard’s Lagniappe Sessions he wrote about this cover of “Save the People”:
[…] and “Save the People,” from Godspell, performed entirely live, on two guitars & vocals with only the responsorial vocals overdubbed; […]