Composed by Sam Glaser
©1997 Glaser Musicworks
www.samglaser.com
Lyrics:
And when we pray
We set our sights to face her walls of golden stone
The words we say
Reflect a love that grows each time
We're whispering her ancient name
Yisrael shelanu l'olam
L'olam nafsheynu b'tocha
Yisrael, tikvat libenu hi itah
Two thousand years
Without a piece of land that we could call our own
We never feared
Secure within the promise of a distant day that we'd come home
Sing with the children
In the streets of Jerusalem
Dance in the gardens
Of the hills of Galilee
Like the mighty river Jordan
Her waters fill each crevice of my heart
Israel, ours forever, forever in our souls, Israel, the hope of our hearts dwells within her