The Greatest Song

Verse 1
Lead:  From the mountains down to the ocean side
Choir:  Eehh ya-na...
Lead:  A song was waiting before we arrived
Choir:  Ho ya le...
Lead:  A melody upon the breeze  Calling from a land we've never seen
The sweetest notes we hear below  Awaken paths we long to know

Chorus
Oh let the rhythm travel round the globe  Wrapped in music like a healing robe  We share the wonder of a borrowed breath  Given freely, held in trust
The greatest song that's ever sung  Is older than every spoken tongue  Written deep before our names  Before the stars, before the rain

Verse 2
Old strings ringing in the desert dust  Where iron fades and the heart learns trust  A child smiles as the drums begin  And hears an echo deep within
A thousand voices rise as one  Beneath the moon and beneath the sun

Bridge
Lead:
Hear the rhythm play  Brighter every day
Choir [underneath]:
Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh
Lead:
Every beauty that we find  Leaves a sweeter ache behind
Choir continues:
Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh
Lead:
Beauty wakes a homesick heart  Telling us we're made for more
Choir building:
Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh

Verse 3
From London town as far as we may roam  We hear the song that calls us home  Not a thing that we ourselves designed  But a treasure waiting there to find
And every road beneath the sky  Still carries echoes drifting by

Final Chorus
[Full choir, drums, harmonies, celebration]
Oh let the rhythm travel round the globe  Wrapped in music like a healing robe  We share the wonder of a borrowed breath  Given freely, held in trust
The greatest song that's ever sung  Is older than every spoken tongue  Written deep before our names  Before the stars, before the rain
The greatest song that's ever sung  Is older than every spoken tongue  Written deep before our names  Before the stars, before the rain

Outro Chant
Choir:
Eehhh ya-na  Eehhh ya-na  Ho ya le  Ho ya le
Eehhh ya-na  Eehhh ya-na  Ho ya le  Ho ya le
[Voices continue after instruments fade, as if the song is still going on without us.]

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The Greatest Song Opening Chant [Distant voices, no instruments at first] Choir: Eehhh ya-na  Eehhh ya-na  Ho ya le  Ho ya le Eehhh ya-na  Eehhh ya-na  Ho ya le  Ho ya le [Hand drum pulse begins. Kora guitars enter softly.] Verse 1 Lead:  From the mountains down to the ocean side Choir:  Eehh ya-na... Lead:  A song was waiting before we arrived Choir:  Ho ya le... Lead:  A melody upon the breeze  Calling from a land we've never seen The sweetest notes we hear below  Awaken paths we long to know Chorus Oh let the rhythm travel round the globe  Wrapped in music like a healing robe  We share the wonder of a borrowed breath  Given freely, held in trust The greatest song that's ever sung  Is older than every spoken tongue  Written deep before our names  Before the stars, before the rain Verse 2 Old strings ringing in the desert dust  Where iron fades and the heart learns trust  A child smiles as the drums begin  And hears an echo deep within A thousand voices rise as one  Beneath the moon and beneath the sun Chorus Oh let the rhythm travel round the globe  Wrapped in music like a healing robe  We share the wonder of a borrowed breath  Given freely, held in trust The greatest song that's ever sung  Is older than every spoken tongue  Written deep before our names  Before the stars, before the rain Bridge Lead: Hear the rhythm play  Brighter every day Choir [underneath]: Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh Lead: Every beauty that we find  Leaves a sweeter ache behind Choir continues: Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh Lead: Beauty wakes a homesick heart  Telling us we're made for more Choir building: Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh  Ah-yo ya-leh Verse 3 From London town as far as we may roam  We hear the song that calls us home  Not a thing that we ourselves designed  But a treasure waiting there to find And every road beneath the sky  Still carries echoes drifting by Final Chorus [Full choir, drums, harmonies, celebration] Oh let the rhythm travel round the globe  Wrapped in music like a healing robe  We share the wonder of a borrowed breath  Given freely, held in trust The greatest song that's ever sung  Is older than every spoken tongue  Written deep before our names  Before the stars, before the rain The greatest song that's ever sung  Is older than every spoken tongue  Written deep before our names  Before the stars, before the rain Outro Chant Choir: Eehhh ya-na  Eehhh ya-na  Ho ya le  Ho ya le Eehhh ya-na  Eehhh ya-na  Ho ya le  Ho ya le [Voices continue after instruments fade, as if the song is still going on without us.]

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