Born in the City God Loves

[Intro - Melody-picked guitar; banjo joins] [Verse 1 - Bubba, male solo] On the holy mountains founded, Zion's gates are loved by God; More than all of Jacob's dwellings, There His glorious praise is told. Highest God will make her steadfast, He Himself will keep her strong; Hear the story of her people, Hear the nations in her song. [Chorus - Duet and congregation] Born in the city God loves, Counted there by His own hand; When He writes the people's story, He knows each from every land. Let the singers lift their voices, Let the dancing music run; All my springs are found in Zion, In the city God has loved. [Verse 2 - Darlene, female solo] Egypt, Babylon remembered, Philistia and Tyre appear; Ethiopia joins the telling, This one too was born in her. God Himself records the people, Names their birthplace in His sight; This one, that one, born in Zion, He establishes her life. [Instrumental Break - Fiddle; piano; light ukulele] [Bridge - Duet] Not a name beyond His knowing, Not a people past His view; He who keeps the holy mountains Names the ones He counts there too. [Final Chorus - Duet and congregation] Born in the city God loves, Counted there by His own hand; When He writes the people's story, He knows each from every land. Let the singers lift their voices, Let the dancing music run; All my springs are found in Zion, In the city God has loved. [Outro - Darlene, female solo] All my springs are found in You. [Both] All our springs are found in You.