Mount Zion Morning

Zion (Mount Zion morning)
the light break over the hill.
Zion (Zion morning)
and the valley going still.

Woke before the rooster, before the day,
dew on the mountain and the mist gave way.
Nyabinghi drum in the far-off yard,
and the morning come easy, and the morning come hard.
I climbed up the footpath with my head bowed low
where the coffee trees whisper what the old men know.
Ain't no cathedral like the open sky,
ain't no closer to the Most High.

Let the fire burn slow and the incense rise,
let the truth come down from the mountain skies.
Every step a psalm, every breath a hymn,
on a Mount Zion morning, walking with Him.

Mount Zion morning, the light come down, (Zion)
gold on the mountain, the drum come down. (Zion)
Let the wicked worry, let the humble climb —
it's a Mount Zion morning, one more time.

Zion, Zion. (morning light)
Zion, Zion. (everything alright)
Up the mountain where the air is clean.

The market and the money can't follow me here
where the mountain hold the silence and the truth come clear.
An old man passing with a walking stave
say the road is long but the heart is brave.
The banana leaf shining with the morning wet,
drum on the hillside I won't forget.
Coffee on the fire and the sun come whisper:
every burden lighter on the mountain air.

Every step a psalm, every breath a hymn,
on a Mount Zion morning, walking with Him.

Mount Zion morning, the light come down, (Zion)
gold on the mountain, the drum come down. (Zion)
Let the wicked worry, let the humble climb —
it's a Mount Zion morning, one more time.

They can chase the gold in the city below —
I found the treasure that the mountain grow.
Not silver, not stone, not a thing you can buy:
just a Mount Zion morning and an open sky.

(Zion, Zion, morning light)
Where the humble and the mountain meet, (lift it high)
every morning is complete.

Mount Zion morning, the light come down, (Zion)
gold on the mountain, the drum come down. (Zion)
High above the market and the noise —
Mount Zion morning, quiet joys.

Zion (Zion morning)
the light break over the hill.
And the valley going still.