Godspell

[Verse 1] I've heard about a great big swindle I read about it in a book The book flew out the window Was later found by thieves and crooks And now they're singing hallelujah I'm wondering, just what did they find They say "what's it to ya?" Just take a place in line [Chorus] And wait So I wait I wait and wait And I [Verse 2] I'm one of a few survivors In a drawer labeled "lost and found" Moon travelers and deep sea divers Whose oxygen supply ran out Now maybe if their gods be willing They'll give us something, fill our empty cups Sit down in the boat, don't spill it Or we'll just have to line back up [Chorus] And wait So we wait We wait and wait Yes, we wait And we wait We will wait We will wait 'Til we [Verse 3] You can hear it in the beat they march to And you can feel the Earth shake when they start to dance You can tell by the way they move you It's not murder, it's an act of faith, baby And as the world moves faster Whiplashing us around and round It's quite a slow disaster But people keep on falling down [Chorus] As we wait We wait, yeah And we wait We wait And we wait We wait Hallelujah